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Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2018
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Huizhu Crystal Wang, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Joshua Daniel Lyon, Canton, MI (US);

Mohammad Abouali, Canton, MI (US);

Qianyi Wang, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a processor configured to receive requirement values, from a vehicle-providing entity, for a plurality of predefined tunable routing parameters. The processor is also configured to select and assign entity-associated, routing parameter consideration-levels, based on the values correlated to a predefined schema of consideration-levels for each parameter. The processor is further configured to receive a plurality of pick-up requests and determine, using the entity-associated routing parameter consideration-levels, a routing-plan for a plurality of vehicles to service the requests such that the received values are met.


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