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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2022
Clearpath Robotics Inc., Kitchener, CA;
Smriti Chopra, Waterloo, CA;
Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Kitchener, CA;
Shahab Kaynama, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pavel Bovbel, Kitchener, CA;
Andrei Petru Ionescu, Waterloo, CA;
Jason Mercer, Kitchener, CA;
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing inter-vehicle communication are disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a fleet management system, operating data from one or more self-driving vehicles via a communication network, and operating the fleet management system to determine a characteristic of a set of vehicles of one or more self-driving vehicles satisfies at least one communication condition. In response to determining the set of vehicles satisfies the at least one communication condition, the fleet management system can operate to select a stored data portion from a manager storage unit based at least on the characteristic of the set of vehicles; and transmit the data portion to the set of vehicles via the communication network. A method of providing inter-vehicle communication between one or more self-driving vehicles is also disclosed.