System and method for event-based vehicle operation
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1. A computer-implemented vehicle routing method comprising:
- remotely controlling a locomotion component of a vehicle routing a vehicle along a vehicle route that defines vertical coordinates of travel in a three-dimensional space towards a destination;
determining a set of geographic regions in the three-dimensional space that the vehicle is to travel through based on the route;
collecting external signals for the set of geographic regions;
detecting a set of events associated with the set of geographic regions based on the external signals;
receiving a set of vehicle parameters from the vehicle, including sensor data from an altimeter;
generating a vehicle module based on the set of vehicle parameters and a vehicle class associated with the vehicle;
determining a vehicle interaction region associated with environmental interaction in the three-dimensional space for the vehicle class;
filtering the set of events using the generated vehicle module identifying an event impacting travel of the vehicle along an impacted part of the route based on a vehicle parameter associated with the vehicle and based on the determined vehicle interaction region, the vehicle parameters selected from the set of vehicle parameters;
further remotely controlling the locomotion component automatically re-routing the vehicle along an adjusted vehicle route that defines adjusted vertical coordinates of travel in the three-dimensional space towards the destination in response to identifying the event, including dynamically modifying the locomotion component operation to move the vehicle along the adjusted vehicle route, the adjusted vehicle route distinct from the vehicle route.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a method and/or system for facilitating event-based vehicle operation can include determining a vehicle route; determining geographic regions for the vehicle route; monitoring the determined geographic regions for events; determining an event of interest from the detected events; and/or dynamically facilitating modification of vehicular operation of the vehicle based on the event of interest, such as in response to determination of the event of interest.
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1. A computer-implemented vehicle routing method comprising:
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remotely controlling a locomotion component of a vehicle routing a vehicle along a vehicle route that defines vertical coordinates of travel in a three-dimensional space towards a destination; determining a set of geographic regions in the three-dimensional space that the vehicle is to travel through based on the route; collecting external signals for the set of geographic regions; detecting a set of events associated with the set of geographic regions based on the external signals; receiving a set of vehicle parameters from the vehicle, including sensor data from an altimeter; generating a vehicle module based on the set of vehicle parameters and a vehicle class associated with the vehicle; determining a vehicle interaction region associated with environmental interaction in the three-dimensional space for the vehicle class; filtering the set of events using the generated vehicle module identifying an event impacting travel of the vehicle along an impacted part of the route based on a vehicle parameter associated with the vehicle and based on the determined vehicle interaction region, the vehicle parameters selected from the set of vehicle parameters; further remotely controlling the locomotion component automatically re-routing the vehicle along an adjusted vehicle route that defines adjusted vertical coordinates of travel in the three-dimensional space towards the destination in response to identifying the event, including dynamically modifying the locomotion component operation to move the vehicle along the adjusted vehicle route, the adjusted vehicle route distinct from the vehicle route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented vehicle routing method comprising:
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remotely controlling a locomotion component of a vehicle routing the vehicle along a vehicle route; determining a set of geographic regions that a vehicle is to travel through based on a vehicle route that defines vertical travel coordinates in a three-dimensional space towards a destination; during a time period of vehicle travel along the vehicle route, collecting external signals associated with the set of geographic regions; detecting a set of events associated with the set of geographic regions based on the external signals; determining event parameters for the set of events, the event parameters describing the event; identifying an event from the set of events impacting travel along the vehicle route based on the event parameters; further remotely controlling the locomotion component automatically re-routing the vehicle along an adjusted vehicle route avoiding the event impact and towards the destination in response to identifying the event, the adjusted vehicle route defining adjusted vertical coordinates in the three-dimensional space distinct from the vertical coordinates; and remotely controlling a locomotion component of a second vehicle dynamically re-routing the second vehicle around the event based on the event parameters, including; estimating, for the second vehicle, a waypoint arrival time associated with a geographic region of the set of geographic regions based on a second vehicle parameter, the geographic region corresponding to the identified event; and in response to the waypoint arrival time being earlier than an estimated end time of the identified event re-routing of the second vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented vehicle routing method comprising:
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remotely controlling a locomotion component of the vehicle routing a vehicle along a vehicle route that defines vertical coordinates of travel in a three-dimensional space towards a destination; determining a set of geographic regions in the three-dimensional space that the vehicle is to travel through based on the route; collecting external signals for the set of geographic regions, including collecting a set of posts from a set of social networking systems; detecting a set of events associated with the set of geographic regions based on the external signals, including; assigning a subset of posts from the set of posts to a geographic region from among the set of geographic regions; determining a keyword frequency for the subset of posts; and detecting at least one event for the geographic region in response to the keyword frequency exceeding a historic keyword frequency for the geographic region; filtering the set of events identifying an event impacting travel of the vehicle along an impacted part of the route based on a vehicle parameter associated with the vehicle; and further remotely controlling the locomotion component automatically re-routing the vehicle along an adjusted vehicle route that defines adjusted vertical coordinates of travel in the three-dimensional space towards the destination in response to identifying the event, including dynamically modifying locomotion component operation to move the vehicle along the adjusted vehicle route, the adjusted vehicle route distinct from the vehicle route. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computer-implemented vehicle routing method comprising:
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remotely controlling a locomotion component of a vehicle routing the vehicle along a vehicle route determining a set of geographic regions that a vehicle is to travel through based on a vehicle route that defines vertical travel coordinates in a three-dimensional space towards a destination; during vehicle travel along the vehicle route, collecting sensor data associated with the set of geographic regions; detecting a set of events associated with the set of geographic regions based on the sensor data; determining event parameters describing each event in the set of events, including for each event in the set of events; determining an event category probability based on the sensor data associated with the event; and in response to the event category probability exceeding a category probability threshold, categorizing the event with an event category; identifying an event from the set of events impacting travel along the vehicle route based on the event parameters, the event category, and a vehicle parameter associated with the vehicle; and further remotely controlling the locomotion component automatically re-routing the vehicle along an adjusted vehicle route avoiding the event impact and towards the destination in response to identifying the event, the adjusted vehicle route defining adjusted vertical coordinates in the three-dimensional space distinct from the vertical coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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