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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearbron, MI (US);
Michael Adel Awad Alla, Novi, MI (US);
Barnabas J. Nemec, Dearborn, MI (US);
Tsung-Han Tsai, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Vivekananda Krishnamurthy, Belleville, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to, upon determining that a vehicle entered a geofenced area, start a timer; upon determining that a handoff of the vehicle from an operator to a remote server has not occurred since starting the timer and that the timer has exceeded a time threshold, determine whether the operator is absent based on data from sensors; and then, upon determining that the operator is absent, instruct the vehicle to follow a command received from the remote server.