Abstract AUTONOMOUS FLEET SIZE MANAGEMENT A system for managing a fleet of vehicles, the system including a work site (100) including a plurality of vehicles (104); a plurality of autonomous vehicles (104), each autonomous vehicle including an electronic processing unit (402) configured to transmit data to a second location (102); a first location (108) with an electronic processing unit configured to transmit data to the second location (102); and the second location (102) with an electronic processing unit (302) configured to determine, in response to the data transmitted by the plurality of autonomous vehicles (104) and the first location (108), whether the first location (108) is available to service a vehicle (104), the electronic processing unit of the second location (302) is further configured to dispatch at least one autonomous vehicle (104) to the first location (108) if the first location (108) in the work site (100) is underserved by vehicles (104), and to deactivate at least one autonomous vehicle (104) serving the first location (108) if the first location (108) in the work site (100) is overserved by vehicles (104) is disclosed. fWF ii --- 114 11---- 104
AUTONOMOUS FLEET SIZE MANAGEMENT
08.12.2016
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | G06Q Datenverarbeitungssysteme oder -verfahren, besonders angepasst an verwaltungstechnische, geschäftliche, finanzielle oder betriebswirtschaftliche Zwecke, sowie an geschäftsbezogene Überwachungs- oder Voraussagezwecke , DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / E21C Bergbau oder Steinbruchbetrieb , MINING OR QUARRYING / G07C TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS , Zeit- oder Anwesenheitskontrollgeräte |