The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2022
Applicant:
GM Cruise Holdings Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nestor Grace, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dogan Gidon, Berkeley, CA (US);
Diego Plascencia-Vega, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60D 1/36 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/02 (2012.01); B60D 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0025 (2020.02); B60W 30/18009 (2013.01); B60W 50/0205 (2013.01); B60W 50/0225 (2013.01); B60D 1/36 (2013.01); B60D 1/52 (2013.01); B60W 2530/20 (2013.01); B60W 2530/203 (2020.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02);
Abstract
Particular embodiments described herein provide for a system and method to help enable a towing vehicle. In an example, the system can identify a location of the disabled vehicle, deploy the towing vehicle to the location of the disabled vehicle, where the towing vehicle uses sensor data from a sensor suite and a perception module to navigate to the location of the disabled vehicle, and use the towing vehicle to tow the disabled vehicle to a new location.