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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Erik J. Christen, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Mahmoud Abdelhamid, Canton, MI (US);
Yang Yang, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a vehicle-processor in communication with an external vehicle sensor, wherein the processor is configured to detect another vehicle within a predefined proximity. The processor is further configured to instruct the external vehicle sensor to scan a characteristic of the another vehicle, responsive to the detecting. Also, the processor is configured to determine if the characteristic includes an anomaly, responsive to the scan and notify the driver of the another vehicle of the anomaly, responsive to the determination.