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US 12,503,122 B2Granted
Systems and methods of detecting trailer anomalies using a thermal sensor
AssigneeTORC Robotics, Inc.
InventorNicholas Elder
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Abstract
An autonomous vehicle can include a tractor; a trailer coupled with the tractor; a thermal sensor coupled with the trailer, the thermal sensor configured to measure a temperature of the trailer; and one or more processors. The processors can be configured to receive a plurality of temperature measurements of the trailer from the thermal sensor while the autonomous vehicle is driving; compare the plurality of temperature measurements to a condition; and automatically execute a trailer anomaly response protocol responsive to determining at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements satisfies the condition.
Claims20
An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a tractor;
- a trailer coupled with the tractor;
- a thermal sensor coupled with the trailer, the thermal sensor configured to measure a temperature of the trailer;
- and
- one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- receive a plurality of temperature measurements of the trailer from the thermal sensor while the autonomous vehicle is driving;
- compare the plurality of temperature measurements to a condition by:
- determining that at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements satisfies a temperature threshold associated with the condition;
- instantiating a counter to count each temperature measurement of the at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements determined to satisfy the temperature threshold;
- incrementing the counter for each temperature measurement of the at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements determined to satisfy the temperature threshold;
- and
- determining that a count associated with the counter satisfies a count threshold associated with the condition;
- and
- automatically execute a trailer anomaly response protocol responsive to determining, based at least in part on the count satisfying the count threshold, the at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements satisfies the condition.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors of an autonomous vehicle comprising a tractor and a trailer coupled with the tractor, a plurality of temperature measurements of the trailer from a thermal sensor while the autonomous vehicle is driving, the thermal sensor coupled with the trailer and configured to measure a temperature of the trailer;
- comparing, by the one or more processors, the plurality of temperature measurements to a condition by:
- determining that at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements satisfies a temperature threshold associated with the condition;
- instantiating a counter to count each temperature measurement of the at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements determined to satisfy the temperature threshold;
- incrementing the counter for each temperature measurement of the at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements determined to satisfy the temperature threshold;
- and
- determining that a count associated with the counter satisfies a count threshold associated with the condition;
- and
- automatically executing, by the one or more processors, a trailer anomaly response protocol responsive to determining, based at least in part on the count satisfying the count threshold, the at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements satisfies the condition.
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An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a thermal sensor coupled with the vehicle body, the thermal sensor configured to measure a temperature of the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- receive a plurality of temperature measurements of the autonomous vehicle from the thermal sensor while the autonomous vehicle is driving;
- compare the plurality of temperature measurements to a condition by:
- determining that at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements satisfies a temperature threshold associated with the condition;
- instantiating a counter to count each temperature measurement of the at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements determined to satisfy the temperature threshold;
- incrementing the counter for each temperature measurement of the at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements determined to satisfy the temperature threshold;
- and
- determining that a count associated with the counter satisfies a count threshold associated with the condition;
- and
- automatically execute an anomaly response protocol responsive to determining, based at least in part on the count satisfying the count threshold, the at least one of the plurality of temperature measurements satisfies the condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.