Method for activating a loading and/or unloading equipment of a vehicle via a home automation device and method for steering a vehicle to a predetermined stopping area
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1. A method for activating equipment of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle via a home automation device, the method comprising:
- reading in, via a communication interface and from the vehicle, a whereabouts signal representing a whereabouts of the vehicle in a predetermined stopping area; and
based on the whereabouts signal, providing, to the vehicle and via the communication interface, an activation signal to activate the equipment to at least one of load the vehicle in the stopping area and unload the vehicle in the stopping area.
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Abstract
A method for activating loading and/or unloading equipment of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle via a home automation device includes reading in a whereabouts signal representing a whereabouts of the vehicle in a predetermined stopping area via a communication interface to the vehicle, and subsequently, based on the whereabouts signal, providing an activation signal to the communication interface to activate the loading and/or unloading equipment to load and/or unload the vehicle in the stopping area.
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1. A method for activating equipment of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle via a home automation device, the method comprising:
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reading in, via a communication interface and from the vehicle, a whereabouts signal representing a whereabouts of the vehicle in a predetermined stopping area; and based on the whereabouts signal, providing, to the vehicle and via the communication interface, an activation signal to activate the equipment to at least one of load the vehicle in the stopping area and unload the vehicle in the stopping area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for steering an autonomous or semi-autonomous first vehicle to a predetermined stopping area for at least one of loading the first vehicle and unloading the first vehicle, the method comprising:
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reading in, via a communication interface to at least one of a home automation device, an external signal processing unit, and a second vehicle, a request signal requesting the first vehicle; based on the request signal, providing a control signal to steer the first vehicle to the stopping area; reading in an activation signal and, responsive to the activation signal, activating equipment of the first vehicle to perform, in the stopping area, the at least one of the loading of the first vehicle and the unloading of the first vehicle, the activated equipment loading the first vehicle from a container in the stopping area and/or unloading the first vehicle into the container in the stopping area; and wherein the activation signal activates a door of the container to open the container for the at least one of the loading of the first vehicle and the unloading of the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An activation device comprising:
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an input; an output; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform a method for activating equipment of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle, the method comprising; reading in, using the input, via a communication interface, and from the vehicle, a whereabouts signal representing a whereabouts of the vehicle in a predetermined stopping area; and based on the whereabouts signal, providing, using the output, via the communication interface, and to the vehicle, an activation signal to activate the equipment to at least one of load the vehicle in the stopping area and unload the vehicle in the stopping area.
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19. A control device of an autonomous or semi-autonomous first vehicle, the control device comprising:
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an input; an output; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform a method for steering the first vehicle to a predetermined stopping area for at least one of loading the first vehicle and unloading the first vehicle, the method comprising; reading in, using the input and via a communication interface to at least one of a home automation device, an external signal processing unit, and a second vehicle, a request signal requesting the first vehicle; based on the request signal, providing, using the output, a control signal to steer the first vehicle to the stopping area; reading in an activation signal and, responsive to the activation signal, activating equipment of the first vehicle to perform, in the stopping area, the at least one of the loading of the first vehicle and the unloading of the first vehicle, the activated equipment loading the first vehicle from a container in the stopping area and/or unloading the first vehicle into the container in the stopping area; and wherein the activation signal activates a door of the container to open the container for the at least one of the loading of the first vehicle and the unloading of the first vehicle.
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that are executable by a processor and that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method for activating equipment of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle via a home automation device, the method comprising:
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reading in, via a communication interface and from the vehicle, a whereabouts signal representing a whereabouts of the vehicle in a predetermined stopping area; and based on the whereabouts signal, providing, to the vehicle and via the communication interface, an activation signal to activate the equipment to at least one of load the vehicle in the stopping area and unload the vehicle in the stopping area.
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21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that are executable by a processor of an autonomous or semi-autonomous first vehicle and that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method for steering the first vehicle to a predetermined stopping area for at least one of loading the first vehicle and unloading the first vehicle, the method comprising:
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reading in, via a communication interface to at least one of a home automation device, an external signal processing unit, and a second vehicle, a request signal requesting the first vehicle; and based on the request signal, providing a control signal to steer the first vehicle to the stopping area; reading in an activation signal and, responsive to the activation signal, activating equipment of the first vehicle to perform, in the stopping area, the at least one of the loading of the first vehicle and the unloading of the first vehicle, the activated equipment loading the first vehicle from a container in the stopping area and/or unloading the first vehicle into the container in the stopping area; and wherein the activation signal activates a door of the container to open the container for the at least one of the loading of the first vehicle and the unloading of the first vehicle.
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