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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Wassim Mahmoud Nahle, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Catherine Duluc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Thomas Steiner, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/207 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A server includes a processor, configured to responsive to verifying a location of a vehicle associated with a dealership is outside a predefined geofence, request to obtain electronic paperwork stored in the vehicle; and responsive to detecting the electronic paperwork fails to reflect a predefined transaction, raise a flag for the vehicle and send an autonomous driving instruction to the vehicle to direct the vehicle to a predefined location.