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Automotive drone deployment system

  • US 10,642,279 B2
  • Filed: 01/30/2017
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2014
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle comprising:

  • leading sensor(s) having a sensing range for monitoring in front of the vehicle; and

    processor(s) to;

    set a vehicle speed cap based on the sensing range;

    receive traffic data from a server;

    determine a congestion location based on the traffic data;

    when the congestion location is beyond the sensing range, instruct a drone to monitor the congestion location;

    obtain, by way of the drone, navigational data comprising a new road not included in a navigational map stored onboard the vehicle used for the vehicle navigation, wherein the drone is configured to;

    predict a path of the vehicle;

    identify the new road that is not included the navigational map stored onboard the vehicle;

    obtain a photograph of a road nameplate of the road that identifies a name of the new road;

    generate a navigational path from a current position of the vehicle to the new road; and

    update the navigational map stored onboard the vehicle, the update comprising adding the new road to the navigational map using data obtained from the photograph of the road nameplate that identifies the name of the new road; and

    autonomously control the vehicle steering and acceleration, by way of the processor(s), to navigate to the new road, the autonomous control comprising continuously varying the leading sensor range based on the path of the vehicle predicted by the drone.

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