Self-driving vehicle systems and methods
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1. A vehicle guidance system configured to receive a first impaired driving indicator, the vehicle guidance system comprising:
- a first vehicle comprising a first lane position detection system configured to generate three dimensional data representing an area outside the first vehicle and having at least one of a first radar and a first lidar, wherein the first lane position detection system is configured to track a first path of a second vehicle as the first vehicle and the second vehicle travel on a first road;
a processor system configured to analyze a first deviation of the first path of the second vehicle relative to a first lane of the first road; and
a communication system configured to send a first communication to a third vehicle in response to the first deviation being greater than a first predetermined threshold, wherein the first communication is configured to prompt the third vehicle to alter a first driving route of the third vehicle to keep away from the second vehicle.
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Abstract
A vehicle guidance system can include a first vehicle that has a camera, radar, and lidar to record a first path of a second vehicle as the first and second vehicles drive on a road. A processor system of the vehicle guidance system can analyze a first deviation of the first path. Information from a third vehicle can provide additional data regarding a second path of the second vehicle. Analyzing the first path in light of the second path can enable the vehicle guidance system to identify impaired driving indicators. The vehicle guidance system can warn other vehicles about the impaired driver.
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1. A vehicle guidance system configured to receive a first impaired driving indicator, the vehicle guidance system comprising:
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a first vehicle comprising a first lane position detection system configured to generate three dimensional data representing an area outside the first vehicle and having at least one of a first radar and a first lidar, wherein the first lane position detection system is configured to track a first path of a second vehicle as the first vehicle and the second vehicle travel on a first road; a processor system configured to analyze a first deviation of the first path of the second vehicle relative to a first lane of the first road; and a communication system configured to send a first communication to a third vehicle in response to the first deviation being greater than a first predetermined threshold, wherein the first communication is configured to prompt the third vehicle to alter a first driving route of the third vehicle to keep away from the second vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of using a vehicle guidance system, the method comprising:
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receiving from a first vehicle, by the vehicle guidance system, a first indicator of a second vehicle driving impaired, wherein the first vehicle comprises a first lane position detection system configured to generate three dimensional data that represents an area outside the first vehicle, and the first lane position detection system comprises at least one of a first radar and a first lidar; receiving from a third vehicle, by the vehicle guidance system, a second indicator of the second vehicle driving impaired; and sending, from the vehicle guidance system to a fourth vehicle, a first communication configured to prompt the fourth vehicle to alter a first driving route of the fourth vehicle to keep away from the second vehicle in response to determining, by the vehicle guidance system, that the first indicator and the second indicator are indicative of impaired driving. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of using a vehicle guidance system, the method comprising:
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receiving from a first vehicle, by the vehicle guidance system, a first indicator of a second vehicle driving impaired, wherein the first vehicle comprises a first lane position detection system configured to generate three dimensional data representing an area outside the first vehicle, and the first lane position detection system comprises at least one of a first radar and a first lidar; receiving, by the vehicle guidance system, a second indicator of a location of the second vehicle; determining, by the vehicle guidance system based on the second indicator, that a third vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the second vehicle; and in response to receiving the first indicator and in response to the determining, sending, from the vehicle guidance system to the third vehicle, a communication configured to prompt the third vehicle to alter a driving route of the third vehicle to keep away from the second vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A vehicle guidance system configured to receive a first impaired driving indicator, the vehicle guidance system comprising:
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a first vehicle comprising a first lane position detection system configured to generate three dimensional data representing an area outside the first vehicle and having at least one of a first radar and a first lidar, wherein the first lane position detection system is configured to track a first path of a second vehicle as the first vehicle and the second vehicle travel on a first road, and the first lane position detection system is configured to determine a speed of the second vehicle and to measure movements of the second vehicle toward at least one of a left side of a first lane and a right side of the first lane; a processor system configured to analyze a first deviation of the first path of the second vehicle relative to the first lane of the first road, wherein the processor system is configured to analyze the movements compared to the speed to determine that the first path relative to the first lane fluctuates more than a speed-relative threshold; and a communication system configured to automatically send a first communication to a third vehicle in response to the first path fluctuating more than the speed-relative threshold. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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