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Cargo-based vehicle control

  • US 9,958,872 B2
  • Filed: 06/06/2016
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more processors, output from a cargo sensor and a camera on a first cargo vehicle, wherein the output from the cargo sensor and the camera describes an amount of movement of cargo being transported by the first cargo vehicle;

    determining, by one or more processors, an amount of cargo shifting that the cargo has experienced based on an analysis of pictures from the cargo camera;

    determining, by one or more processors, that the cargo has shifted beyond a predetermined amount in the first cargo vehicle based on the output from the cargo sensor and the pictures from the cargo camera;

    receiving, by one or more processors, output from vehicle sensors on the first cargo vehicle, wherein the output from the vehicle sensors describe a movement of the first cargo vehicle;

    determining, by one or more processors, that the movement of the first cargo vehicle has caused the cargo to shift beyond the predetermined amount in the first cargo vehicle; and

    transmitting, by one or more processors, instructions to a second cargo vehicle to adjust operations of the second cargo vehicle based on determining that the movement of the first cargo vehicle has caused the cargo to shift beyond the predetermined amount in the first cargo vehicle.

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