Patent ID: 9599482
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B62D,G01C,G05D,G08G,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for unmanned control of a first vehicle of a plurality of vehicles, the method comprising: transferring operational control of the first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles from a user of the first vehicle to a central processing unit when the user exits the first vehicle at a first location; operating the central processing unit to control unmanned movement of the first vehicle along a first route of a plurality of routes determined by the central processing unit from the first location to a parking site where the first vehicle is to remain at rest for a period of time; after the period of time, operating the central processing unit to retrieve the first vehicle from the parking site and to control unmanned movement of the first vehicle from the parking site along a second route of the plurality of routes chosen by the central processing unit to a retrieval location; and transferring operational control of the first vehicle back to the user at the retrieval location; wherein the first and second routes are calculated by the central processing unit depending on information concerning at least one other route of the plurality of routes for at least one other vehicle of the plurality of vehicles managed by the central processing unit.