Drone-enhanced vehicle external lights
First Claim
1. A computer program product facilitating augmentation of a malfunctioning operation of an external turn indicator signal of a vehicle in operation, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a drone device to cause the drone device to:
- monitor one or more conditions associated with the vehicle; and
in response to identification of a defined condition of the one or more conditions;
move the drone device to a position relative to the vehicle and determined based on the defined condition, wherein the defined condition comprises the malfunction of the external turn indicator signal of the vehicle, and the position is a defined position relative to the external turn indicator signal; and
perform an indication operation determined based on the defined condition, wherein the indication operation comprises an external turn signal indication of the vehicle.
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Abstract
Techniques for drone device control are provided. In one example, the technique includes monitoring, by a drone device operatively coupled to a processor and allocated to a vehicle in operation, one or more conditions associated with the vehicle. The technique also includes, in response to identifying, by the drone device, a defined condition of the one or more conditions: moving, by the drone device, to a position relative to the vehicle and determined based on the defined condition; and performing, by the drone device, an indication operation determined based on the defined condition.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer program product facilitating augmentation of a malfunctioning operation of an external turn indicator signal of a vehicle in operation, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a drone device to cause the drone device to:
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monitor one or more conditions associated with the vehicle; and in response to identification of a defined condition of the one or more conditions; move the drone device to a position relative to the vehicle and determined based on the defined condition, wherein the defined condition comprises the malfunction of the external turn indicator signal of the vehicle, and the position is a defined position relative to the external turn indicator signal; and perform an indication operation determined based on the defined condition, wherein the indication operation comprises an external turn signal indication of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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determining, by a drone device operatively coupled to a processor and allocated to a vehicle in operation, a defined region outside the vehicle and monitor the defined region for one or more conditions; and performing, by the drone device, one or more actions to mitigate a condition of the one or more conditions in response to detection of the condition, where the condition comprises location of a second vehicle behind the vehicle, the one or more actions comprise; determining a distance behind the vehicle to maintain between the vehicle and the second vehicle; and flying in a defined pattern to indicate to the second vehicle to maintain at least the distance between the vehicle and the second vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A drone device, comprising:
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a memory that stores computer executable components; and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components comprise; a monitoring component that identifies a malfunctioning operation of an external brake light of a vehicle in operation; a response component that, in response to the identification of the malfunctioning operation of an external brake light of a vehicle in operation; moves the drone device to a defined position relative to the external brake light of the vehicle in operation, and initiates the drone device to perform an action to substitute a normal brake light indication operation for the malfunctioning operation of the external brake light. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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