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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Steven T. Skikun, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Robert S. Kern, Eastpointe, MI (US);
Arie Groeneveld, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Frank J. Desjarlais, Canton, MI (US);
Jon Ohland, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate equipment status verification in a storage device. An example vehicle comprises: an equipment rack, a processor and memory, and a display. The equipment rack includes sensors to generate presence and securement information. The processor and memory are in communication with the sensors and are configured to: determine a presence status of an object assigned to the equipment rack, determine a securement status of the object in the equipment rack, and display a report of the presence and securement statuses via the display.