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Autonomous vehicle convoy communications

  • US 10,452,079 B2
  • Filed: 06/21/2018
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a central computing device of a convoy comprising two or more autonomous vehicles, location information that indicates a location of each of the autonomous vehicles, wherein at least one of the autonomous vehicles in the convoy is a lead autonomous vehicle with one or more sensors;

    computing, by the central computing device, based on the location information and environmental information generated using data from one or more of the sensors of the lead autonomous vehicle, moving instructions for one or more of the autonomous vehicles in the convoy; and

    sending, by the central computing device, the moving instructions and the environmental information to the one or more of the autonomous vehicles, wherein the moving instructions instruct each of the one or more of the autonomous vehicles to determine and perform movements using;

    one or more sensors associated with the autonomous vehicle;

    the moving instructions; and

    the environmental information.

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