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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:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Smruti Panigrahi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Justin Miller, Berkley, MI (US);
Timothy Feldkamp, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sanghyun Hong, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B62K 3/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); B62J 43/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0295 (2013.01); B62K 3/002 (2013.01); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/0293 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); B62J 43/00 (2020.02); B62K 2204/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided herein for managing a transportation device fleet using teleoperation. Teleoperation may be beneficial for performing fleet management tasks such as rebalancing, relocation of devices to charging stations, and/or assisting devices operating autonomously that encounter obstacles and are unable to proceed autonomously.