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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2014
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Gary D. Cudak, Creedmoor, NC (US);
David G. Dean, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher J. Hardee, Raleigh, NC (US);
William E. Lohmeyer, Jr., Apex, NC (US);
Bryan M. Reese, Durham, NC (US);
J. Mark Weber, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Positioning autonomous vehicles based on field of view, including: identifying, by a vehicle management module, one or more critical sight lines for a subject vehicle, each critical sight line representing a boundary of an area of space surrounding the subject vehicle; determining, by the vehicle management module, physical location information for one or more surrounding vehicles; determining, by the vehicle management module in dependence upon the physical location information for one or more surrounding vehicles, whether one or more surrounding vehicles are located within the area of space surrounding the subject vehicle; and responsive to determining that one or more surrounding vehicles are located within the area of space surrounding the subject vehicle, altering a location of the subject vehicle relative to at least one of the surrounding vehicles.