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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Helen Kourous-Harrigan, Monroe, MI (US);
John Lockwood, Howell, MI (US);
Mostafa Parchami, Dearborn, MI (US);
Matthew Baer Wilmes, Plymouth, MI (US);
Faizan Shaik, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An infrastructure component includes a sensor, a transmitter, and a computer communicatively coupled to the sensor and to the transmitter. The computer is programmed to, in response to receiving data from the sensor indicating an object approaching a predesignated zone, determine an estimated time until the object reaches the predesignated zone; and then instruct the transmitter to broadcast a message to nearby vehicles, the message including an identifier of the predesignated zone and the estimated time.