System and method for automated detection and disinfection of a fleet of autonomous vehicles

A system for automated detection and disinfection of microbes in an autonomous vehicle fleet, comprising:

• the fleet of autonomous vehicles, each autonomous vehicle comprising:
• a microbe detection unit coupled to the respective autonomous vehicle configured to autonomously perform microbe detection, wherein the microbe detection unit includes a scanning element configured to scan a plurality of parts of the respective autonomous vehicle for microbes;
• an onboard computer in the respective autonomous vehicle configured to:
• receive scans of the plurality of parts of the respective autonomous vehicle from the scanning element, and
• determine whether microbes are detected on each of the plurality of parts;
• and
• a disinfection system configured to autonomously disinfect at least one part of the plurality of parts of the respective autonomous vehicle wherein the at least one part includes detected microbes,
• wherein the disinfection system is configured to autonomously disinfect for a predetermined time while the respective autonomous vehicle is driving along a route, and
• wherein the disinfection system is configured to contact a routing coordinator to determine whether to add time for disinfection following the route;
• and
• a central computer in communication with each autonomous vehicle of the fleet of autonomous vehicles, configured to:
• receive microbe detection data from the fleet of autonomous vehicles, and determine fleet-wide levels of microbes.

A system for automated detection and disinfection of microbes in an autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• a microbe detection unit coupled to the autonomous vehicle configured to autonomously perform microbe detection, wherein the microbe detection unit includes a scanning element configured to scan a plurality of parts of the autonomous vehicle for microbes;
• an onboard computer in the autonomous vehicle configured to:
• receive scans of the plurality of parts of the autonomous vehicle from the scanning element, and
• determine whether microbes are detected on each of the plurality of parts;
• and
• a disinfection system configured to autonomously disinfect at least one part of the plurality of parts of the autonomous vehicle wherein the at least one part includes detected microbes,
• wherein the disinfection system is configured to autonomously disinfect for a predetermined time while the autonomous vehicle is driving along a route, and
• wherein the disinfection system is configured to contact a routing coordinator to determine whether to add time for disinfection following the route.

A system for automated detection and disinfection of microbes in an autonomous vehicle fleet, comprising:

• a plurality of autonomous vehicles, each autonomous vehicle comprising:
• a microbe detection unit coupled to the respective autonomous vehicle configured to autonomously perform microbe detection;
• an onboard computer in the respective autonomous vehicle configured to:
• determine whether microbes are detected on each of the plurality of parts and
• identify a species of the microbes;
• and
• a disinfection system configured to autonomously disinfect at least one part of the plurality of parts of the respective autonomous vehicle wherein the at least one part includes detected microbes,
• wherein the disinfection system is configured to autonomously disinfect for a predetermined time while the respective autonomous vehicle is driving along a route, and
• wherein the disinfection system is configured to contact a routing coordinator to determine whether to add time for disinfection following the route.
• a central computer in communication with each autonomous vehicle of the plurality of autonomous vehicles, configured to:
• receive microbe detection data from the plurality of autonomous vehicles including identified species of microbes, and
• identify high levels of microbes across the plurality of autonomous vehicles.