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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Stephen Kenneth Helwig, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); G08G 1/056 (2006.01); B60W 40/10 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60Q 1/525 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 40/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G08G 1/056 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2550/20 (2013.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/30 (2013.01); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a system including a computer programmed to determine that a vehicle is traveling in a wrong-way direction. Upon such determination, the computer is programmed to actuate a light of the vehicle to provide a user-detectable pattern external to the vehicle.