A computer-implemented method, system and program product enabling communication and collaboration between autonomous vehicles and non-autonomous driving along a shared roadway. Autonomous vehicles having difficulty traveling along the roadway or making driving decisions due to the presence of non-autonomous vehicles request deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Based on the current driving conditions, the number of non-autonomous vehicles and other factors, a number of UAVs are deployed and attached to the non-autonomous vehicles. The UAVs scan the surrounding environment and nearby vehicles within the environment. UAVs transmit scanned images, sensor data and other information to the nearby autonomous vehicles which generate driving decisions based on the data collection of the autonomous vehicle in conjunction with data provided by UAVs. Driving decisions of autonomous vehicles are transmitted to the UAVs. UAVs project the driving decisions of autonomous vehicles onto windshields, HUDs or display systems of the attached non-autonomous vehicle.
INTELLIGENT COLLABORATION BETWEEN AUTONOMOUS AND NON-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
2024-07-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64U |