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US 2021/0064059 A1Published application
Systems and methods for managing a transportation device fleet using teleoperation commands
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSmruti Panigrahi, Justin Miller, Timothy Feldkamp, Sanghyun Hong, Jianbo Lu
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided herein for managing a transportation device fleet using teleoperation. Teleoperation may be beneficial for performing fleet management tasks such as rebalancing, relocation of devices to charging stations, and/or assisting devices operating autonomously that encounter obstacles and are unable to proceed autonomously.
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A system, comprising:
- one or more electric vehicles comprising at least one sensor;
- one or more teleoperation systems;
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- receive one or more status inputs from a first electric vehicle of the one or more electric vehicles;
- and
- establish, based on the one or more status inputs, a teleoperation communication between the first electric vehicle and the one or more teleoperation systems.
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An electric vehicle management method comprising:
- receiving one or more status inputs from a first electric vehicle of one or more electric vehicles;
- and
- establishing, based on the one or more status inputs, a teleoperation communication between the first electric vehicle and one or more teleoperation systems.
A system comprising:
- one or more transportation devices comprising at least one sensor;
- one or more teleoperation systems;
- one or more drones, wherein a first drone of the one or more drones is configured to provide a video feed corresponding to a location of a first transportation device of the one or more transportation devices;
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- receive one or more status inputs from the first transportation device,
- wherein the status input includes at least one of:
- an indication that the transportation device has remained idle for a threshold period of time, an indication that a battery charge of the first transportation device is below a threshold charge, or an indication that the transportation device has encountered an obstacle while operating in an autonomous mode and requires teleoperation assistance to continue;
- establish, based on the one or more status inputs, a teleoperation communication between the first transportation device and the one or more teleoperation systems;
- and
- receive teleoperation commands through the teleoperation communication to direct a movement of the transportation device, wherein the teleoperation communication is supplemented by data from the first drone.
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