Patent ID: 11945367
Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC B  E  G | IPC B  E  G

Claim 0:
1. An emergency roadside signaling system of an autonomous vehicle, the system comprising:
a housing;
an object placing device to be stored in the housing; and
a control system for the object placing device, the control system including:
a communication system to communicate with an in-vehicle control system of the autonomous vehicle, a processor, and
a computer-readable memory in communication with the processor and having stored thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to:
determine that communication between the control system for the object placing device and the in-vehicle control system of the autonomous vehicle using the communication system has been inhibited or lost; and
in response to determining that the communication between the control system for the object placing device and the in-vehicle control system of the autonomous vehicle has been inhibited or lost, provide instructions to the object placing device to place a plurality of signaling devices in accordance with predetermined criteria.