Methods and systems for emergency handoff of an autonomous vehicle
First Claim
1. A distributed information system (DISS) comprising:
- at least one processing device, the DISS programmed and configured to;
receive information from a plurality of distributed sensors in an autonomous vehicle;
determine the existence of an incident based upon the information received from the plurality of distributed sensors;
determine vehicles, passengers, and pedestrians, animals and objects involved in the incident and a nature of the injuries and damages to the vehicles, passengers, and pedestrians, animals and objects involved in the incident based on the information received from the sensors;
determine if the autonomous vehicle can be safely moved autonomously from a location where the incident occurred to a second location;
if the autonomous vehicle can safely be moved to the second location, autonomously move the vehicle to the second location and park the vehicle;
wherein the DISS is programmed and configured further to;
shut down the autonomous vehicle if the DISS determines that the autonomous vehicle cannot be moved safely from the location where the incident occurred to a second location.
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Abstract
An improved distributed information sharing system (DISS) and methods for an autonomous vehicle, the DISS programmed and configured to receive information from a plurality of distributed sensors; determine the existence of an incident, vehicles, passengers, pedestrians, animals and objects involved in the incident, a nature of the injuries and damages from the incident; determine if the autonomous vehicle can be safely moved autonomously from a location where the incident occurred to a second location; contact an emergency responder when the vehicle cannot be safely moved autonomously; receive a request to transfer control of the vehicle from an emergency responder user device; and in response, transfer control of the automated vehicle to a trusted emergency responder without requiring approval from an owner of the vehicle using encryption and handshake techniques; and notify an owner or interested party of the vehicle of the incident.
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1. A distributed information system (DISS) comprising:
- at least one processing device, the DISS programmed and configured to;
receive information from a plurality of distributed sensors in an autonomous vehicle; determine the existence of an incident based upon the information received from the plurality of distributed sensors; determine vehicles, passengers, and pedestrians, animals and objects involved in the incident and a nature of the injuries and damages to the vehicles, passengers, and pedestrians, animals and objects involved in the incident based on the information received from the sensors; determine if the autonomous vehicle can be safely moved autonomously from a location where the incident occurred to a second location; if the autonomous vehicle can safely be moved to the second location, autonomously move the vehicle to the second location and park the vehicle; wherein the DISS is programmed and configured further to;
shut down the autonomous vehicle if the DISS determines that the autonomous vehicle cannot be moved safely from the location where the incident occurred to a second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- at least one processing device, the DISS programmed and configured to;
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10. A method for determining an incident involving an autonomous vehicle comprising:
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receiving information from a plurality of distributed sensors at a distributed information system (DISS) in electronic communication with an autonomous vehicle; determining the existence of an incident based upon the information received from the plurality of distributed sensors; determining vehicles, passengers, and pedestrians, animals and objects involved in the incident and a nature of injuries and damages to the vehicles, passengers, and pedestrians, animals and objects involved in the incident based on the information received from the sensors; determining if the autonomous vehicle can be safely moved autonomously from a location where the incident occurred to a second location; if the autonomous vehicle can safely be moved to the second location autonomously, move the vehicle to the second location and park the vehicle; shutting down the autonomous vehicle if the DISS determines that the autonomous vehicle cannot be moved safely from the location where the incident occurred to a second location. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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