System and method for event-based vehicle operation
Embodiments of a method and/or system for facilitating event-based vehicle operation can include routing a vehicle along a route in a three-dimensional space; detecting an event based on the external signal; determining that the event is of interest based on a parameter associated with the vehicle; and re-routing the vehicle towards the event, including modifying a vehicle locomotion component to move the vehicle toward the event along a shortened route.
1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
system memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions configured to cause the processor to:
route a vehicle along a route that defines coordinates of travel in a three-dimensional space;
while the vehicle is traveling along the route, detect an event based on an external signal including detecting coordinates of the event;
determine that the event is an event of interest based on a parameter associated with the vehicle; and
re-route the vehicle toward the coordinates of the event of interest along a shortened route that defines adjusted coordinates of travel in the three-dimensional space, including dynamically modifying operation of a locomotion component to depart from the route to move the vehicle toward the coordinates of the event of interest along the shortened route.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to re-route the vehicle comprise instructions configured to dynamically modify operation of a locomotion component selected from among: a vehicle propulsion component or a vehicle steering component.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to re-route the vehicle comprise instructions configured to:
determine control instructions for the vehicle based on the shortened route; and
send the control instructions to the vehicle.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to detect an event comprise instructions configured to:
collect a plurality of social networking system posts;
compute a keyword frequency associated with the plurality of social networking system posts; and
determine that the computed keyword frequency exceeds an historic keyword frequency.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to detect an event comprises instructions configured to detect a ground-based event; and
wherein instructions configured determine that the event is an event of interest comprise instructions configured to determine that the ground-based event is of interest based on a vehicle parameter received from an airborne Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to route a vehicle comprise instructions configure to route an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) along a series of waypoints; and
wherein instructions configured to re-route the vehicle along the shortened route comprise instructions configured to re-route the UAV along a second different series of waypoints.
7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising instructions configured to
determine an estimated time of arrival (ETA) to the event based on the route; and
compute vehicle arrival at the event prior to the ETA via travel on the shortened route.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to route a vehicle comprise instructions configure to route an aquatic vehicle along a series of waypoints; and
wherein instructions configured to re-route the vehicle along the shortened route comprise instructions configured to re-route the aquatic vehicle along a second different series of waypoints.
9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising instructions configured to collect sensor data; and
wherein instructions configured to detect an event comprise instructions configured to detect the event based on the sensor data.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to detect an event comprise instructions configured to determine that an event category probability exceeds a category probability threshold.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to detect an event comprise instructions configured to:
determine an event category probability based on the external signal;
compute that the event category probability exceeds a category probability threshold; and
categorize the event into the event category.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to re-route the vehicle comprise instructions configured to modify a vertical coordinate of travel.
13. The system of claim 1 , further comprising instructions configured to identify a region on the route; and
wherein instructions configured to detect an event comprise instructions configured to detect an event associated with the region.
14. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to detect an event comprise instructions configured to detect the event using an artificial intelligence approach.
15. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to determine that the event is an event of interest comprise instructions configured to anticipate a physical proximity of the vehicle to the event.
16. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to determine that the event is an event of interest based on a parameter associated with the vehicle comprise instructions configured to determine that the event is an event of interest based on a vehicle parameter selected from among: a vehicle identifier, a vehicle class, a vehicle model, a vehicle component type, a vehicle emission parameter, or a vehicle operation parameter.
17. The system of claim 1 , wherein instructions configured to route a vehicle along a route comprise instructions configured to route a fleet vehicle along the route; and
wherein instructions configured to re-route the vehicle comprise instructions configured to re-route the fleet vehicle.
18. The system of claim 1 , further comprising instructions configured to ingest the external signal, the external signal selected from among: weather data, emergency response data, flight tracking data, audio data, image data, calendar data, or accident data.