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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Jeffrey Anthony Hamel, Berkley, MI (US);
John Jeffrey Pfeiffer, Saline, MI (US);
Doug Moore, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drone communication system is described. Using the system, a method may be executed that includes: when a recipient vehicle is out of wireless range, transmitting a message, from a sending vehicle, to a plurality of drones that are focusing antenna beams on the sending vehicle so that the plurality then may transmit the message to the recipient vehicle by focusing antenna beams thereon.