Patent ID: 9463875
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: B60R,B64C,G05D,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A method for hazard detection, the method comprising: monitoring, by one or more computer processors, for a first vehicle user's obstructed view of a road; detecting, by the one or more computer processors, the first vehicle user's obstructed view; responsive to detecting the first vehicle user's obstructed view, determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the obstructed view will persist for a pre-defined threshold of time; responsive to determining the obstructed view will persist for a pre-defined threshold of time, deploying, by the one or more computer processors, a first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) associated with the first vehicle; and determining, by the one more computer processors, whether one or more hazards associated with a path of the first vehicle are detected.