Multi-operational orientation systems for autonomous vehicles and smart infrastructure
AssigneeSmart Road Technology, LLC
InventorThomas McCafferty
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Abstract
Presently disclosed is a system, apparatus, and method for navigating and orienting roadway vehicles by use of a network of embedded navigation beacons within a roadway. A plurality of primary navigation beacons are embedded into a roadway surface with sensors, and communicate with a car and a smaller subset of secondary beacons with connection to the internet. Further disclosed is a landing pad for a drone delivery system, the landing pad acting as a navigational beacon and safe landing location indicator for the aerial drone.
Claims20
A navigation pod comprising:
- a surface portion and a chamber portion, the chamber portion comprising at least one short-range wireless transceiver and a memory, and the surface portion adapted to seal the chamber portion;
- wherein the memory comprises geo-location data of the navigation pod;
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- wherein the at least one short-range wireless transceiver is adapted to communicate with at least one other navigation pod and is capable of transmitting the geo-location data to an external receiver capable of receiving the geo-location data.
A navigational system comprising:
- a plurality of primary navigation pods and at least one secondary navigation pod, the plurality of primary navigation pods and at least one secondary navigation pod comprising at least one short-range wireless transceiver and a memory comprising geo-location data;
- wherein one primary navigation pod of the plurality of navigation pods is adapted to communicate the geolocation data with at least one other primary navigation pod and the at least one secondary navigation pod via the at least one short-range wireless transceiver, and is capable of transmitting the geo-location data to an external receiver capable of receiving the geo-location data;
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- wherein the at least one secondary navigation pod is adapted to communicate with the plurality of primary navigation pods and further comprises at least one long-range wireless transceiver configured to communicate with an external server.
A landing pad comprising:
- A surface portion capable of accepting a package delivered from a drone;
- a memory comprising geo-location data of the landing pad;
- a first transceiver capable of communicating with an external communication network;
- a second transceiver capable of communicating with a receiver coupled to a drone apparatus, the second transceiver adapted to transmit the geo-location data of the landing pad;
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- wherein the landing pad is capable of communicating to at least a second landing pad.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.