US Patent 11024169 Methods and systems for utilizing vehicles to investigate events

Embodiments for utilizing vehicles to investigate events are provided. Spatiotemporal information is received from each of a plurality of vehicles. Each of the plurality of vehicles includes an onboard sensor. Information associated with an event is received. At least some of the plurality of vehicles are selected based on the information associated with the event and the spatiotemporal information from each of a plurality of vehicles. A request is caused to be transmitted to each of the selected at least some of the plurality of vehicles for data detected by the respective onboard sensor.