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Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2021
Applicant:

Einride Ab, Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Christian Larsson, Stockholm, SE;

Niklas Lundin, Kungsbacka, SE;

Assignee:

Einride AB, Stockholm, SE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0223 (2013.01); G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention relate to a method for controlling a fleet of at least two autonomous/remotely operated vehicles, wherein an embodiment of the method comprises: assigning to each of said at least two vehicles a predetermined route comprising a road segment which requires that a teleoperator of a remote operation station assists and/or drives the vehicle, determining a time overlap of the said road segments, and based on the determined time overlap, inserting a delay or a speedup in a preceding autonomous drive road segment of the predetermined route of at least one of said at least two autonomous/remotely operated vehicles so that said road segments no longer overlap in time.


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