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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Keith Allen Bonawitz, Berkeley, CA (US);
Dan Piponi, Oakland, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for performing flocking while executing a fleet plan are provided. An example method includes receiving a sequence of coverage requirements for a region and an associated period of time, and determining a respective sequence of intended destinations for each of one or more vehicles of a fleet of vehicles to travel to over the period of time. Additionally, based on a determined sequence of intended destinations for a vehicle of the one or more vehicles and based on a desired spatial relationship between the vehicle and one or more neighboring vehicles for a given time period, a flocking-based direction of travel for the vehicle may be determined for the given time period.