Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Owen Carpenter

Shounak Athavale

Matthew Atwood Whitaker

Anuja Anil Shirsat

Sagar Kumar Regmi

Henry Salvatore Savage

Meiyappan Kannappa

Candice Xu

Andreas Arvanitis

Subhransu Mishra

Patrick Ellis

Kevin Marx

Gregory Jerome Gunnels

Christopher Weir

Lionel Ronald Sequeira

Srilaxmi Kanna

Hansel Mauricio Monroy

Jonathon Bezak

Michael Platt

Damian Stone

A vehicle includes a controller, programmed to responsive to wirelessly connecting to a mobile device using a mobile credential issued from a server within a time frame specified in the mobile credential, issue an access token to the mobile device, and responsive to receiving a command authorized by the access token from the mobile device, route the command to a vehicle subsystem for execution.

Vehicle smart connection

A system includes a processor configured to receive indication that a chargeable vehicle is within proximity to a known charging point. The processor is also configured to determine if the charging point is available for immediate use. The processor is further configured to notify a vehicle driver if the charging point is available for immediate use and offer an option to receive notification when a charging point is available for use if the charging point is not available for immediate use.

Method and apparatus for charging station monitoring

Methods and systems for detecting a medical emergency related to the driver of a vehicle are described. Various data, such as in-situ biophysical data of the driver, a medical history of the driver, and in-situ motion data of the vehicle, are employed to determine a possible medical emergency. In an event that a medical emergency is detected, the system determines the severity of the emergency and takes appropriate control of the vehicle. If the medical emergency is not life-threatening, the system may drive the vehicle to a safe area, park the vehicle, and then request help from emergency service providers (e.g., ambulance and police). If the medical emergency is severe (e.g., life-threatening), the system may transition the vehicle to an EMS (Emergency Medical Service)-privileged vehicle and autonomously drive the vehicle to an emergency service provider.

Emergency evacuation using autonomous driving

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