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Decreasing autonomous vehicle power consumption

  • US 10,343,631 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2016
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of decreasing power consumption of an autonomous vehicle, comprising:

  • determining, by a first computing system, a predicted demand for a service at one or more geographic areas, wherein the service is provided by an autonomous vehicle to one or more users of the service, wherein the predicted demand is determined based, at least in part, on historical demand for the service at the one or more geographic areas;

    autonomously determining, by a second computing system on-board the autonomous vehicle, a location to park the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the predicted demand, cellular connectivity at the location to park, and the location to park being within a predetermined distance from the one or more geographic areas;

    sending, by the second computing system on-board the autonomous vehicle, one or more first control signals to one or more control systems of the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle operating in a first mode, wherein the one or more first control signals cause the one or more control systems to autonomously park the vehicle at the location; and

    sending, by the second computing system on-board the autonomous vehicle, after the autonomous vehicle has autonomously parked at the location, one or more second control signals to the one or more control systems of the autonomous vehicle causing the autonomous vehicle to autonomously operate in a second mode, wherein the second mode requires less power than the first mode and reduces power to one or more vehicle systems of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on a priority of each of the one or more vehicle systems, and wherein one or more vehicle systems associated with vehicle communications have a higher priority than one or more other vehicle systems of the one or more vehicle systems.

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