| CPC E01H 1/14 (2013.01) [E01H 1/005 (2013.01); H01F 7/064 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. A system for a vehicle to collect metallic road debris, comprising: an autonomous vehicle, including:
a magnetic strip positioned under a vehicle chassis, wherein:
in a first mode, the magnetic strip is activated, and
in a second mode, the magnetic strip is deactivated;
wherein when the magnetic strip is in a first mode, the magnetic strip attracts metallic objects from under the vehicle;
a sensor system to detect an item on the magnetic strip; and
an onboard computer configured to perform operations to control the magnetic strip, the operations comprising:
determining that the vehicle speed is below a selected threshold;
receiving first map data for a first vehicle location, wherein the onboard computer is to activate and deactivate the magnetic strip based on the first map data;
determining if there is metallic infrastructure at the first vehicle location based on the first map data; and
in response to determining that metallic infrastructure is not present at the first vehicle location, activating the magnetic strip to attract metallic objects from under the vehicle; and
a central computing system to communicate the first map data to the onboard computer, wherein the first map data includes metallic infrastructure information.
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