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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Armin Mueller-Lerwe, Kerpen-Bergerhausen, DE;
Gabrielle Jost, Niederzier, DE;
Yuliya Aksyutina, Jülich, DE;
Ali Hassani, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Vivekanandh Elangovan, Canton, MI (US);
Christoph Hirner, Cologne, DE;
Hamid M. Golgiri, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring of communication for vehicle remote motive control. An example vehicle includes an autonomy unit for remote motive control, a communication module, and a controller. The controller is to send a diagnostic signal to and receive a return signal from a mobile device via the communication module, determine a time period between sending of the diagnostic signal and receipt of the return signal, and prevent the autonomy unit from causing vehicle movement responsive to determining the time period is greater than a threshold.