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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Yimin Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60G 17/0185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); B60G 17/0185 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); B60G 2400/94 (2013.01); B60G 2600/04 (2013.01); B60G 2600/08 (2013.01); B60G 2600/70 (2013.01); G07C 5/0816 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle damage detector includes: a vehicle with a motor, a suspension, a wheel, a sensor configured to report a suspension displacement; processor(s) configured to: estimate existing suspension damage based on the reports, project marginal future suspension damage based on a route and the existing suspension damage, calculate a marginal decrease in vehicle value from taking the projected route.