Particular embodiments described herein provide for a vehicle assist drone. The vehicle assist drone can be operated in different modes. For example, the vehicle assist drone can be deployed in a user of an AV service assist mode, a clear occlusion mode, refined routing mode, a security mode, a search and rescue mode (e.g., search for missing child mode), or some other mode. In addition, the vehicle assist drone can be used to supplement a vehicle's sensors. For example, supplementary sensor data from the vehicle assist drone can be used in place of the vehicle's sensors or combined with sensor data from the onboard sensors of the vehicle to supplement the vehicle's sensors.


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    Title :

    VEHICLE ASSIST DRONE


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2024-01-18


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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