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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ashwin Arunmozhi, Canton, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Kunal Singh, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/418 (2006.01); B60S 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 5/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/0087 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 11/005 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30248 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to identify a sensor of a vehicle with a robotic arm, capture a plurality of images of the sensor with an unmanned aerial vehicle, and actuate the robotic arm to perform maintenance on the sensor upon inputting the plurality of images to an image recognition program and obtaining output that the sensor requires maintenance.