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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Maximilian Engelke, Aachen, DE;
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Ride-share status information of an autonomous ride-share vehicle is made available to potential passengers by transmitting a status data record an HMI device outside the vehicle. The data record (D') is projected onto a projection area selected outside the vehicle using a projection device () of the motor vehicle. The projected data record (D′) is read-in using a reading device (), such as a camera, of the HMI device. The HMI device decodes the read-in data record (D′), and provides the status information to a potential passenger on the HMI device () based on the decoded data record (D′).