Patent ID: 11958516
Assignee: GLYDWAYS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. A method for moving an autonomous vehicle among a plurality of autonomous vehicles, the method comprising:
at a central server system communicatively coupled to the plurality of autonomous vehicles (AVs):
receiving an on-demand request signal from an on-demand scheduling module of the central server system; and
wirelessly communicating the on-demand request signal to a first AV of the plurality of AVs; and

at the first AV:
initiating movement of the first AV along a path;
establishing a convoy with a second AV as the first AV travels along the path;
as the first AV travels along the path, detecting first reflectance data using a sensor array system comprising a plurality of active sensor systems, wherein an active sensor system of the plurality of active sensor systems is operating according to a first sensor configuration;
based at least in part on the reflectance data, changing the active sensor system from the first sensor configuration to a second sensor configuration;
after changing the active sensor system to the second sensor configuration, detecting second reflectance data using the active sensor system;
identifying an event corresponding to the second reflectance data;
using the second reflectance data, adjusting a movement of the first AV in relationship to the event; and
sending information about the identified event to the second AV.