US 11,851,089 B1
Systems and methods for automatic sheltering in storms
Cynthia Ann Hinojosa, Selma, TX (US); Andrew Jacob Contreras, San Antonio, TX (US); Lemont Williamson, San Antonio, TX (US); Igor Alexandre Gregorio, San Antonio, TX (US); Stephen Anthony Young, Boerne, TX (US); Jonathan Edward Seaton, San Antonio, TX (US); Chris Aaron Bodden, San Antonio, TX (US); Shirley Elizabeth Bunton, San Antonio, TX (US); Shayna Dickson, Boerne, TX (US); and Ric M. Pena, Boerne, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,260.
Application 17/812,260 is a continuation of application No. 17/038,001, filed on Sep. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,414,101.
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); E04H 6/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/0016 (2020.02) [B60W 40/02 (2013.01); E04H 6/025 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for mitigating damages caused by severe weather, comprising:
a self-driving motor vehicle comprising a self-driving system, a microprocessor, and at least one sensor;
wherein the self-driving motor vehicle is configured to drive itself to a potentially sheltered location upon learning of an arrival of severe weather;
wherein when the self-driving motor vehicle arrives at the potentially sheltered location, the microprocessor is configured to analyze information from the at least one sensor to determine whether the potentially sheltered location provides adequate shelter for the self-driving motor vehicle; and
wherein when the potentially sheltered location provides inadequate shelter for the self-driving motor vehicle, the microprocessor is configured to direct the self-driving system to drive the self-driving motor vehicle from the potentially sheltered location to another potentially sheltered location until the microprocessor determines that a current potentially sheltered location provides adequate shelter for the self-driving motor vehicle.