System and method for deploying hazard structures
AssigneeTORC Robotics, Inc.
InventorRandy Allen Blount
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Abstract
A system for deploying hazard structures from a vehicle is provided. The system includes a housing including an interior space within the housing. The housing is coupled to the vehicle. The system includes one or more hazard structures disposed within the interior space of the housing. The system includes an interconnecting component coupling the one or more hazard structures to each other. The one or more hazard structures are configured to be deployed from the housing and onto a surface as the vehicle moves along the surface. The interconnecting component maintains the one or more hazard structures at a predetermined distance relative to a rear of the vehicle.
Claims20
A system for deploying hazard structures from a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a housing including an interior space within the housing, wherein the housing is configured to be coupled to the vehicle;
- one or more hazard structures disposed within the interior space of the housing;
- and
- an interconnecting component coupling the one or more hazard structures to each other;
- wherein the one or more hazard structures are configured to be deployed from the housing and onto a surface as the vehicle moves along the surface;
- and
- wherein the interconnecting component maintains the one or more hazard structures at a predetermined distance relative to a rear of the vehicle.
A computer-implemented method for deploying hazard structures from a vehicle, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a signal from one or more sensors associated with the vehicle indicative of a pull-over procedure being performed by the vehicle;
- and
- executing instructions stored in a memory with a processing device in communication with the one or more sensors to perform operations comprising:
- deploying one or more hazard structures from a housing configured to be coupled to the vehicle and onto a surface as the vehicle moves along the surface, wherein (i) the housing includes an interior space within the housing, (ii) the one or more hazard structures are disposed within the interior space of the housing, and (iii) an interconnecting component couples the one or more hazard structures to each other;
- wherein the interconnecting component maintains the one or more hazard structure at a predetermined distance relative to a rear of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.