Methods and apparatus for commercial operation of personal autonomous vehicles
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsOswaldo PEREZ BARRERA, Alvaro JIMENEZ HERNANDEZ, Pablo Hugo VALENCIA CHAPARRO, Francisco Javier FERREIRA
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and systems for commercial operation of autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A disclosed method includes determining that an owner of a personal autonomous vehicle has authorized the autonomous vehicle for commercial use. The disclosed method also includes identifying a time period when the autonomous vehicle is to be operated in the commercial use, determining a zone within which the autonomous vehicle is to operate during the commercial use and directing, using a processor, the autonomous vehicle based on the time period and the zone.
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A method comprising:
- determining that an owner of a personal autonomous vehicle has authorized the autonomous vehicle for commercial use;
- identifying a time period when the autonomous vehicle is to be operated in the commercial use;
- determining a zone within which the autonomous vehicle is to operate during the commercial use;
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- directing, using a processor, the autonomous vehicle based on the time period and the zone.
A method of directing commercial use of a personal autonomous vehicle comprising:
- changing a status of the autonomous vehicle to the commercial use based on an authorization from a computing device corresponding to an owner of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the owner provides parameters of the commercial use via the computing device;
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- directing the autonomous vehicle, using a processor, to operate during the commercial use based on the parameters.
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A system for commercial use of a personal autonomous vehicle, the system comprising:
- a receiver to receive an authorization from an authorized user of the autonomous vehicle that is received from a computing device communicatively coupled with a network, the authorization to direct transition of the autonomous vehicle to the commercial use;
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- an autonomous vehicle director to generate a travel schedule of the autonomous vehicle based on the received authorization.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.