US 11,922,810 B1
Autonomous vehicle convergence avoidance systems and methods
Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev, San Antonio, TX (US); Oscar Guerra, San Antonio, TX (US); Jeffrey Neal Pollack, San Antonio, TX (US); Janelle Denice Dziuk, Falls City, TX (US); Ashley Raine Philbrick, San Antonio, TX (US); Ryan Thomas Russell, San Antonio, TX (US); and David Patrick Dixon, Boerne, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,897.
Application 17/750,897 is a continuation of application No. 16/778,911, filed on Jan. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,355,011.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/799,446, filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G07B 15/02 (2011.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/096725 (2013.01) [B60W 60/0011 (2020.02); B60W 60/0016 (2020.02); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G07B 15/02 (2013.01); G08G 1/0129 (2013.01); G08G 1/148 (2013.01); G08G 1/164 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle adjustment system, comprising:
one or more processors;
memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:
analyze data from one or more sensors coupled to a vehicle to identify one or more characteristics of an object in a vicinity of the vehicle;
adjust a buffer zone surrounding the vehicle based on the one or more characteristics of the object to establish an adjusted buffer zone; and
provide control signals to one or more driving components of the vehicle to move the vehicle to place the object outside of the adjusted buffer zone.