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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Lee Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian Bennie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00825 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); B60R 2300/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes: motor(s), local sensors, processor(s) configured to: receive an instruction including first properties of a target vehicle; verify the instruction; instruct the local sensors to scan at a first resolution; mark a scanned external vehicle, having second properties, as compatible or incompatible based on a comparison of the first and second properties; instruct the local sensors to scan at a second resolution upon marking the external vehicle as compatible.