US 11,999,377 B2
Mobile robots enabled wind flow pattern analysis through wavelets
Aaron K. Baughman, Cary, NC (US); Shikhar Kwatra, San Jose, CA (US); Jennifer L. Szkatulski, Rochester, MI (US); and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/649,800.
Prior Publication US 2023/0242143 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC B60W 60/001 (2020.02) [G05D 1/101 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2552/35 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02)] 17 Claims
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1. A processor-implemented method for navigating an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
measuring, in real time, movement patterns of air in the surroundings of the autonomous vehicle;
analyzing the movement patterns to identify wind flow patterns, terrain, and passage in the surroundings;
navigating the autonomous vehicle based on the identified wind flow patterns, terrain, and passage; and
responsive to identifying that a fitness of the autonomous vehicle exceeds a threshold value, navigating one or more additional autonomous vehicles towards the autonomous vehicle.