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

Claim 6:
7. A method comprising:
determining evacuation needs for a plurality of evacuation points;
determining 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;
formulating 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;
instructing broadcast of the evacuation instructions from an ATSC transmitter;
determining that two-way communication has been lost with a plurality of disconnected autonomous vehicles,
responsive to determining that two-way communication has been lost, determining a first network over which communication has been lost;
determining a communication alternative, to the first network, for disconnected vehicles to use to re-establish connection; and
instructing broadcast of the communication alternative as part of a reprogramming instruction from the ATSC transceiver.