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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jack Lawrence Jackson Van Hoecke, Dearborn, MI (US);
Anthony Melatti, Dearborn, MI (US);
Danielle Rosenblatt, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hamid M. Golgiri, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/16 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/16 (2013.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); B60T 2210/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of monitoring user location relative to a vehicle in an industrial setting is provided. The method includes, in response to a proximity of the vehicle to a user mobile device being less than a threshold proximity when the user mobile device is outside of a pedestrian zone defined by a perimeter, effecting an annunciation mode at the user mobile device.