Recently, Ford was granted a patent to install the drone on the top of the car. When a car's sensor fails, the drone will temporarily act as a sensor and direct the driver to the nearest point for repair.
According to the patent document, after the vehicle detects that a sensor has failed, it will communicate with a drone through a vehicle-to-vehicle network, and the latter will automatically find the fault. vehicle. Once the pairing is successful, the drone can be used as an alternate sensor and direct the vehicle to a nearby service center to repair the faulty sensor.
From the point of view of the ultimate realization, the starting point of this patent is still good. However, from the reality, in the near future, it is still unrealistic for this patent to be put into reality.
Not to mention the protagonist - how expensive is the cost of a drone with certain types of sensors and computing power, that is, in the legal policy related to drones, the restrictions on drones such as FAA are quite Severe, will not be allowed to fly low-altitude in cities and other scenes.
However, this is still a patent, and it is well known that obtaining a patent is not necessarily made. In the end, whether this patent can be realized depends on the big environment and Ford's practical ability.