US 12,437,649 B2
Management of set of vehicles for assistance at an event
Russell A. Patenaude, Macomb Township, MI (US); Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres, Rochester Hills, MI (US); Eric T. Hosey, Rochester Hills, MI (US); Adam L. Wright, Livonia, MI (US); and Matthew Neely, Rochester, MI (US)
Assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/333,002.
Prior Publication US 2024/0412640 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/202 (2013.01) [G08G 1/096725 (2013.01); G08G 1/096766 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing a vehicle set, the system comprising:
a controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded;
wherein the vehicle set includes a plurality of autonomous vehicles each having a respective telematics unit adapted to communicate with the controller, a portion of the vehicle set being owned by respective private owners;
wherein the controller is adapted to:
receive notification of an event and identify at least one center of the event;
determine a respective status of the vehicle set in real-time, including a respective availability and a respective proximity to the event;
dispatch selected ones of the vehicle set to the event based in part on the respective status; and
assign event duties to the selected ones of the vehicle set, the event duties including forming a boundary around the at least one center of the event by being physically stationed around the at least one center;
send an alert to the respective private owners when the event is within a predefined geographical zone;
determine one or more skills appropriate for the event and retrieve a respective personal skill profile of the respective private owners from a database; and
transmit a request to the respective private owners to accompany the portion of the vehicle set when the respective personal skill profile meets the one or more skills for the event.