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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
James J. Surman, Clinton Township, MI (US);
James Stewart Rankin, II, Novi, MI (US);
Stephen Ronald Tokish, Sylvania, OH (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to provide an informational report to a wireless device about a vehicle component associated with a BLUETOOTH low energy (BTLE) chip, affixed to a vehicle, when the wireless device is determined to be within a predefined proximity to the BTLE chip. This can include information such as operational and wear status, but also can be purely explanatory, as to what the function of the component is.