Methods and apparatuses for vehicle wading safety

Techniques and examples pertaining to vehicle water wading safety are described. A Processor implementable to a vehicle approaching a water body receives topographic data related to the water body from one or more above-water or under-water sensors. The processor determines a top surface and a botto...

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Main Authors Scott Vincent Myers, Joshua Scott Smith, Harpreetsingh Banvait
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.11.2018
Subjects
CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION
CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES
MEASURING
MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL
METERING BY VOLUME
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
TESTING
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:Techniques and examples pertaining to vehicle water wading safety are described. A Processor implementable to a vehicle approaching a water body receives topographic data related to the water body from one or more above-water or under-water sensors. The processor determines a top surface and a bottom profile of the water body, and calculates one or more critical trajectories of water-sensitive components of the vehicle if the vehicle is to wade through the water body by traversing the bottom profile. The processor may then determine the wading safety based on the critical trajectories and the top surface of the water body. The processor may further determine a wading route, and autonomously drive the vehicle to wade the water body via the optimal wading route.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB20180008399