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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2023
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Russell A. Patenaude, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Eric T. Hosey, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Adam L. Wright, Livonia, MI (US);
Matthew Neely, Rochester, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for managing a vehicle set includes a controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The vehicle set includes a plurality of autonomous vehicles each having a respective telematics unit adapted to communicate with the controller. The controller is adapted to receive notification of an event in real-time and identify at least one center of the event. The controller is adapted to determine a respective status of the vehicle set in real-time, including a respective availability and a respective proximity to the event. The controller is adapted to dispatch selected ones of the vehicle set to the event based in part on the respective status and assign event duties to the selected ones of the vehicle set. The event duties including forming a boundary around the at least one center of the event by being physically stationed around the at least one center.