TOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20230131387A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17452301

    申请日:2021-10-26

    摘要: Methods and systems for a remote transportation system including a first autonomous vehicle, at least one second autonomous vehicle and a remote transportation server are provided. The server includes non-transitory computer readable media and one or more processors configured by programming instructions on the non-transitory computer readable media to: receive a request for tow service from the first vehicle, wherein the request includes a location of the first autonomous vehicle; identify a towing destination for the first autonomous vehicle based on the location of the first autonomous vehicle; perform an initial fault diagnosis to determine a towing type; confirm the towing type with the first autonomous vehicle to be at least one of a ground tow, an aerial tow, and a sensor kit tow; and coordinate towing of the first autonomous vehicle to the towing destination by the at least one second autonomous vehicle based on the towing type.

    Data-driven approach for effective system change identification

    公开(公告)号:US11150623B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-19

    申请号:US16456776

    申请日:2019-06-28

    摘要: A control system for identifying and responding to effective system changes in a monitored system includes data collection, change identification, classifier construction, effective system change and parameter adjustment modules. The data collection module tracks parameters of the monitored system. The change identification module, based on the parameters, identifies: during training, performance changes and first system changes; and post training, a set of performance changes and second system changes. The classifier construction module, based on the performance changes and the first system changes construct a performance-system change classifier module. The performance-system change classifier module, based on the set of performance changes, determines possible system changes and respective probability values. The effective system change module, based on the second and possible system changes, determines effective system changes and respective probability values. The parameter adjustment module controls an actuator of the monitored system based on the effective system changes and the probability values.

    VEHICLE ELECTRONICS HIGH-RESISTANCE FAULT DETECTION AND ISOLATION

    公开(公告)号:US20200158772A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-21

    申请号:US16196023

    申请日:2018-11-20

    摘要: A vehicle electronics high-resistance fault diagnosis system is provided, as well as a method of detecting and isolating a high-resistance fault in vehicle electronics of a vehicle. The method includes the steps of determining electrical data for one or more portions of the vehicle electronics, wherein the electrical data includes voltage data and/or current data concerning the one or more portions of the vehicle electronics; calculating a resistance for a plurality of resistance sets of the vehicle electronics based on the electrical data, wherein each of the plurality of resistance sets includes one or more electrical components; obtaining a resistance set threshold for each of the plurality of resistance sets of the vehicle electronics; for each of the plurality of resistance sets, evaluating whether the resistance of the resistance set exceeds the resistance set threshold; and based on the evaluating step, identifying one or more high-resistance fault candidates.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ISOLATE AN ON-VEHICLE FAULT

    公开(公告)号:US20190108692A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-11

    申请号:US15728088

    申请日:2017-10-09

    摘要: A vehicle including a monitoring system and controller for evaluating a vehicle subsystem is described. The monitoring system includes a sensor that is disposed to monitor on-vehicle noise or vibration. The subsystem includes an actuator, and a fault associated with the subsystem is defined by a fault vibration signature. A command to activate the subsystem is monitored coincident with a signal input from the sensor. A first vibration signature is determined based upon the signal input from the sensor, and a correlation between the first vibration signature and the fault vibration signature are determined for the fault associated with the subsystem. Occurrence of a fault associated with the subsystem can be detected when the correlation between the first vibration signature and the fault vibration signature associated with the subsystem is greater than a threshold correlation.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20190086914A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-21

    申请号:US15705394

    申请日:2017-09-15

    IPC分类号: G05D1/00 H04L29/08 G05D1/02

    摘要: Systems and method are provided for collaboration between autonomous vehicles. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented method for coordinating travel between multiple autonomous vehicles is provided. The method includes sending a collaboration request to one or more vehicles in an area to form a group to perform a mission, receiving an acceptance of the collaboration request to join the group wherein the group includes a plurality of vehicles, cooperating in assigning leading functions for the group to one or more of the plurality of vehicles in the group, cooperating in mission negotiations for the group, cooperating in determining a formation for the group, and cooperating in generating a trajectory for the group. The vehicles in the group are operated in accordance with the determined formation and generated trajectory.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20190064823A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US15688451

    申请日:2017-08-28

    摘要: An autonomic vehicle control system includes a perception module of a spatial monitoring system that is disposed to monitor a spatial environment proximal to the autonomous vehicle. A method for evaluating vehicle dynamics operation includes determining a desired trajectory for the autonomous vehicle, wherein the desired trajectory includes desired vehicle positions including an x-position, a y-position and a heading. Vehicle control commands are determined based upon the desired trajectory, and include a commanded steering angle, an acceleration command and a braking command. Actual vehicle states responsive to the vehicle control commands are determined. An estimated trajectory is determined based upon the actual vehicle states, and a trajectory error is determined based upon a difference between the desired trajectory and the estimated trajectory. The trajectory error is monitored over a time horizon, and a first state of health (SOH) is determined based upon the trajectory error over the time horizon.