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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2024
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Girish Padmanabhan, Pune, IN;
Dibyendu Chandra, Pune, IN;
Suman Karmakar, Pune, IN;
Bhuvana Sundarri Adhi Moolam, Coimbatore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes using an image captured by a vehicle camera on the vehicle to determine a vehicle visibility distance for the vehicle with a computing device on the vehicle. The determined vehicle visibility distance is compared to a predetermined desired visibility distance and a first drone is used at the vehicle visibility distance away from the vehicle when the vehicle visibility distance is less than the predetermined desired visibility distance. An image captured by the vehicle camera is combined with a first drone video image captured by the first drone to provide a combined image having a total visibility distance of a sum of the vehicle visibility distance and a first drone visibility distance.