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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Oswaldo Perez Barrera, Estado de Mexico, MX;
Alvaro Jimenez Hernandez, Mexico City, MX;
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/005 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/005 (2013.01); B64C 39/02 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/208 (2013.01); G06K 9/00288 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aerial vehicle can proceed to a target location upon receiving a message based on a ground vehicle being at an aerial vehicle deploy location. A user can be identified from an image captured at the target location. The aerial vehicle can be navigated to lead the user to a rendezvous with the vehicle.