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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Robert Bruce Kleve, Dearborn, MI (US);
Anthony Gerald King, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian Wolski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/0165 (2013.01); B60Q 5/005 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G08G 1/165 (2013.01); B60G 2400/252 (2013.01); B60G 2400/823 (2013.01); B60G 2500/30 (2013.01); B60G 2800/914 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system may include a controller configured to receive a height selection indicating a vehicle height from a plurality of vehicle height options, detect, via a first sensor, a low clearance structure and determine a clearance height, compare the vehicle height with the clearance height; and generate an alert in response to the vehicle height being greater than the clearance height.