US 12,448,004 B2
Vehicle of interest detection by autonomous vehicles based on amber alerts
Daniel Travis Geyer, Tucson, AZ (US); and Gary Lee McCarthy, Jr., Flower Mound, TX (US)
Assigned to TUSIMPLE, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by TuSimple, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,045.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/269,889, filed on Mar. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0303122 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/62 (2022.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01)
CPC B60W 60/0017 (2020.02) [G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/625 (2022.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2756/10 (2020.02); G06V 2201/08 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an autonomous vehicle configured to travel along a road, wherein the autonomous vehicle comprises at least one sensor;
a control device associated with the autonomous vehicle and comprising at least one processor configured to:
access sensor data captured by the at least one sensor;
identify a vehicle of interest from the sensor data by determining that the vehicle of interest is on a side of the road and not moving; and
communicate information associated with the vehicle of interest to at least one of an oversight server and a third party;
wherein communicating the information associated with the vehicle of interest to at least one of the oversight server and the third party is in response to:
detecting a quick response (QR) code on the vehicle of interest; and
determining the information encoded in the QR code, wherein the information comprises one or more instructions preconfigured by an owner of the vehicle of interest, wherein the one or more instructions are prioritized based on a user's instructions; and
wherein the information comprises information that the vehicle of interest needs a particular service.