Patent ID: 11882572
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
determine evacuation needs for a plurality of evacuation points;
determine a geographic perimeter, for each evacuation point, encompassing a number of autonomous vehicles projected to be suitable for servicing evacuation of a given evacuation point;
formulate an evacuation instruction for each evacuation point, including the geographic perimeter determined for each evacuation point as a parameter for a receiving vehicle to accept a given instruction based on being within the geographic perimeter;
instruct broadcast of the evacuation instructions from an ATSC transmitter;
determine that two-way communication has been lost with a plurality of disconnected autonomous vehicles,
responsive to determining that two-way communication has been lost, determine a first network over which communication has been lost;
determine a communication alternative, to the first network, for disconnected vehicles to use to re-establish connection; and
instruct broadcast of the communication alternative as part of a reprogramming instruction from the ATSC transceiver.