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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Applicant:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00256 (2020.02); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G08G 5/0056 (2013.01); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02); G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling an Autonomous Vehicle (AV), comprising the steps of: detecting a fault in a first AV-; in response to detecting said fault, transmitting a communication for alerting an AV of the fault, wherein said communication is a device-to-device wireless communication; receiving said communication at a second AV-; identifying the second AV as being capable of retrieving at least part of the first AV and delivering said at least part to an intended destination; and instructing the second AV to perform the retrieving and delivering.