Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Donna L Bell

David McCreadie

Michael Robert Tinskey

Kirk Pebley

Gaurav Pandey

Eric Michael Rademacher

David Anthony Symanow

Sarah Houts

Jinhyoung Oh

Lynn Valerie Keiser

Karl-Peter Hesseler

Ghassan AlRegib

Renuka Vikram Gokhale

Tariq Alshawi

Mohammed Aabed

Berdinus Bras

Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for providing routing and navigational information to users (e.g., visually handicapped users). Example methods may include determining, by one or more computer processors coupled to at least one memory, a first location of a user device and an orientation of a user device, and generating a first route based on the first location, the first orientation, and a destination location. Further, the method may include determining one or more obstacles on the first route using data corresponding to visual information and one or more artificial intelligence techniques; and generating a second route based on the one or more obstacles detected on the first route.

Navigational aid for the visually impaired

A plurality of data streams are received from a vehicle, at least one of the data streams including multimedia data. A prioritization of the data streams is performed according to one or more factors. At least one of adjusting at least one of the data streams and preventing transmission of at least one of the data streams according to the prioritization is performed.

Remote vehicle control and operation

A vehicle and a vehicle battery charging system are disclosed. The vehicle charging system includes a parking structure having solar collector. The solar collector is configured to collect and concentrate solar energy. The concentrated solar energy is then transferred to a solar panel located on the vehicle in order to charge a battery of the vehicle.

Electric vehicle charging system

A system and method for controlling an automatic stop-start system of an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The system monitors the status of the parking brake to determine if the parking brake is in a state of transition between an applied state and a released state (in either direction). If the parking brake is in a state of transition, then the automatic re-starting of the engine is inhibited until the parking brake is no longer in a state of transition.

System and method for controlling an automatic stop-start engine system in an automotive vehicle having an electric parking brake

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Donna L Bell