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US 2025/0148920 A1Published application
Coupled autonomous pods for shared mobility
AssigneeOhio State Innovation Foundation
InventorsBilin Aksun Guvenc, Levent Guvenc
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Abstract
A system may include a plurality of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in electronic communication with one another that are each configured to electronically and/or mechanically connect and disconnect to one another to form variable AV trains. The example system can include a controller operatively coupled to the plurality of AVs that is configured to synchronize and/or docking operations, undocking operations and/or navigation of the plurality of AVs.
Claims20
An autonomous vehicle system comprising:
- a plurality of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in electronic communication with one another, each AV comprising:
- at least one sensing device;
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- obtain vehicle data and/or environmental data via the at least one sensing device;
- determine one or more following or coupling parameters for forming a variable AV train;
- electronically and/or mechanically connect and disconnect to at least another AV to form the variable AV train;
- and
- continuously broadcast the obtained vehicle and/or environmental data to the at least another AV subsequent to forming the variable AV train.
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An autonomous vehicle (AV) comprising:
- at least one sensing device;
- at least one processor (e.g., cloud-based processing system) in electronic communication with the at least one vehicle;
- and
- a memory having instructions thereon, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- obtain vehicle data and/or environmental data via the at least one sensing device;
- determine one or more following or coupling parameters for forming a variable AV train;
- electronically and/or mechanically connect and disconnect to at least another AV to form the variable AV train;
- and
- continuously broadcast the obtained vehicle and/or environmental data to the at least another AV subsequent to forming the variable AV train.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by at least one processor, at least one ride hailing request;
- determining, by the at least one processor, one or more optimal docking location(s) based at least in part on the at least one ride hailing request;
- determining, by the at least one processor, at least one AV route to the one or more optimal docking location(s);
- and
- triggering, by the at least one processor, docking operations, undocking operations, and/or navigation of at least one variable AV train based at least in part on the at least one AV route,
- wherein the at least one variable AV train comprises a plurality of AVs that are each configured to:
- determine one or more following or coupling parameters for forming the at least one variable AV train,
- electronically and/or mechanically connect and disconnect to at least another AV to form the at least one variable AV train, and
- continuously broadcast obtained vehicle and/or environmental data to at least another AV subsequent to forming the at least one variable AV train.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.