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Methods and systems for determining fleet trajectories to satisfy a sequence of coverage requirements

  • US 9,275,551 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2015
  • Issued: 03/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for controlling a fleet of vehicles to satisfy coverage requirements for a geographic region, comprising:

  • receiving an initial location of one or more vehicles of the fleet of vehicles;

    receiving a sequence of individual coverage requirements for the geographic region and an associated period of time, wherein the geographic region is characterized by a plurality of landmarks and the associated period of time is divided into a plurality of phases, and wherein each individual coverage requirement of the sequence of individual coverage requirements is indicative of a desired number of vehicles for one or more of the plurality of landmarks at an end of a given phase of the plurality of phases;

    determining, by a processor, for each particular phase of one or more phases of the plurality of phases, possible routes that a vehicle of the fleet of vehicles located at one or more respective landmarks of the plurality of landmarks at a beginning of the particular phase follows to reach one or more additional landmarks of the plurality of landmarks by an end of the particular phase;

    based on the initial locations of the one or more vehicles of the fleet of vehicles, the sequence of individual coverage requirements, and the determined possible routes, determining, by the processor, which landmark of the plurality of landmarks for the vehicle of the fleet of vehicles to travel to during a respective phase of the one or more phases; and

    transmitting using one or more optical or radio-frequency (RF) links instructions to the vehicle of the fleet of vehicles to cause the vehicle to travel to the determined landmark during the respective phase.

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