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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Benjamin M. Rocci, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Derrick Portis, Southgate, MI (US);
Mark Anthony Rockwell, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A server includes a processor, programmed to responsive to receiving a first message indicative of detection of a flying object from a first vehicle, notify a second vehicle to detect the flying object, responsive to receiving a second message indicative of detection of the flying object from the second vehicle, calculate a location including a coordinate and an altitude of the flying object using the first message and the second message, and send a report including the location of the flying object to a predefined entity, wherein the first message includes a location of the first vehicle, a first time stamp, and a first angle of the object captured by a first camera against the horizon, and the second message includes a location of the second vehicle, a second time stamp, and a second angle of the object captured by a second camera against the horizon.