Robotic apparatus for vehicle occupant protection
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSari Kassar, Tony Tae-Jin Pak, Sarra Awad Yako, Mark Douglas Malone
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a robot body, at least one sensor coupled to the robot body and positioned to receive stimuli from a passenger cabin of a vehicle, an actuatable component coupled to the robot body, and a computer coupled to the robot body and communicatively coupled to the sensor and the actuatable component. The computer is programmed to predict an imminent anomalous event in the vehicle based on data from the at least one sensor, and in response to the determination, actuate the actuatable component to remediate the anomalous event.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a robot body;
- at least one sensor coupled to the robot body and positioned to receive stimuli from a passenger cabin of a vehicle;
- an actuatable component coupled to the robot body;
- and
- a computer coupled to the robot body and communicatively coupled to the sensor and the actuatable component;
- wherein the computer is programmed to:
- predict an imminent anomalous event in the vehicle based on data from the at least one sensor;
- and
- in response to the prediction, actuate the actuatable component to remediate the anomalous event.
A computer comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- predict an imminent anomalous event in the vehicle based on data received from at least one sensor mounted to an apparatus in a passenger cabin of the vehicle, wherein the apparatus is unattached to the vehicle;
- and
- in response to the prediction, actuate an actuatable component of the apparatus to remediate the anomalous event.
An apparatus comprising:
- a robot body;
- means for moving the robot body around inside a passenger cabin of a vehicle;
- means, mounted to the robot body, for predicting an imminent anomalous event in the vehicle;
- means, mounted to the robot body, for remediating the anomalous event;
- and
- a computer programmed to, upon predicting the imminent anomalous event, activate the means for remediating the anomalous event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.