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Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Yuka Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;

Reiya Takemura, Adachi-ku, JP;

Kenji Uchida, Meguro-ku, JP;

Sanehiro Furuichi, Setagaya-ku, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G01C 21/3691 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02);
Abstract

Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for assisting a stalled autonomous vehicle in an incommunicable area. The method includes one or more processors determining a route of an autonomous vehicle. The method further includes identifying an area of the route of the autonomous vehicle that includes a communication outage. The method further includes determining a driving difficulty of one or more segments of the route of the autonomous vehicle within the area. The method further includes determining a location of the autonomous vehicle within a segment of the one or more segments of the route based at least in part on the driving difficulty of the segment.


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