18822380. DYNAMIC AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRAIN (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company)
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DYNAMIC AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRAIN
Organization Name
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Inventor(s)
Steven J. Harris of Saratoga CA (US)
Theobolt N. Leung of San Francisco CA (US)
Jay T. Hieb of Bloomington IL (US)
DYNAMIC AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRAIN
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18822380 titled 'DYNAMIC AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRAIN
Original Abstract Submitted
A computer-implemented method of directing an autonomous vehicle to join an autonomous vehicle train, the computer-implemented method including: receiving, via at least one of one or more processors or associated transceivers of the autonomous vehicle train, a request from a requesting autonomous vehicle that is not part of the autonomous vehicle train to join the autonomous vehicle train along a route; determining, using autonomous vehicle data, a rendezvous point along the route; transmitting, a communication to the requesting autonomous vehicle authorizing the requesting autonomous vehicle to join the autonomous vehicle train at the rendezvous point along the route; and directing the requesting autonomous vehicle to join the autonomous vehicle train at the rendezvous point along the route. Other embodiments are described.
