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US 12,709,498 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for providing automatic shipping by using autonomous driving vehicle
AssigneesHui Won Lee, LKSYS Inc.
InventorHui Won Lee
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Abstract
An automatic shipping method and apparatus using an autonomous driving vehicle are disclosure. An embodiment of the disclosure provides a method and apparatus for providing automatic shipping by using an autonomous driving vehicle, which are applied to the technical field of moving a vehicle first to a vehicle loading dock and then to a loading location on a ship, and fixing the vehicle to the ship, so that a vehicle is automatically loaded onto a ship by autonomous driving of the vehicle based on the map of a loading dock and the ship, and destination information.
Claims12
An automatic shipping apparatus comprising:
- a database configured to store traffic-related information about a road by mapping the traffic-related information to a map;
- a communication module configured to communicate with autonomous driving vehicles based on a wireless network;
- a vehicle transportation controller operably connected to the communication module and configured to calculate a first autonomous driving path for movement from a factory to an entrance of a vehicle loading dock, and transmit information about the first autonomous driving path to the car carrier vehicle, wherein the vehicle transportation controller is further configured to:
- receive surroundings information sensed from surroundings of the car carrier vehicle and vehicle driving information based on driving of the car carrier vehicle;
- determine whether the car carrier vehicle is moving based on the surroundings information and the vehicle driving information;
- and,
- upon detection of another vehicle traveling in a driving lane, control a speed of the car carrier vehicle to maintain a predetermined safe distance to the other vehicle, and, when another vehicle is not detected in the driving lane, control the speed of the car carrier vehicle to a safe speed;
- a vehicle standby controller operably connected to the communication module and configured to calculate a second autonomous driving path for movement from the entrance of the vehicle loading dock to a waiting area for shipment for each of a plurality of autonomous driving vehicles loaded on the car carrier vehicle, and transmit information about the second autonomous driving path to the autonomous driving vehicle;
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- a vehicle shipment controller operably connected to the communication module and configured to calculate a third autonomous driving path for movement from the waiting area for shipment into a ship according to whether the ship has entered a port, and transmit information about the third autonomous driving path to each of the plurality of autonomous driving vehicles.
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An automatic shipping method performed by a processor of an automatic apparatus, the method comprising:
- calculating a first autonomous driving path for movement from a factory to an entrance of a vehicle loading dock;
- enabling autonomous driving of a car carrier vehicle to the entrance of the vehicle loading dock by transmitting information about the first autonomous driving path to a car carrier vehicle, wherein enabling the autonomous driving of the car carrier vehicle comprises receiving surroundings information sensed from surroundings of the car carrier vehicle and vehicle driving information based on driving of the car carrier vehicle, and controlling, based on the surroundings information and the vehicle driving information, a speed of the car carrier vehicle to maintain a predetermined safe distance to another vehicle upon detection of the other vehicle traveling in a driving lane, and to a safe speed when another vehicle is not detected in the driving lane;
- calculating a second autonomous driving path for movement from the entrance of the vehicle loading dock to a waiting area for shipment, for each of a plurality of autonomous driving vehicles loaded on the car carrier vehicle;
- enabling autonomous driving of each of the plurality of autonomous driving vehicles to the waiting area for shipment by transmitting information about the second autonomous driving path to the autonomous driving vehicle;
- calculating a third autonomous driving path for movement from the waiting area for shipment to the inside of a ship according to whether the ship has entered a port;
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- enabling autonomous driving of each of the plurality of autonomous driving vehicles to a shipment place inside the ship by transmitting information about the third autonomous driving path to the autonomous driving vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.