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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Timothy Mark Feldkamp, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Northvile, MI (US);
Adam Wint, Plymouth, MI (US);
Kurt Michael Lundeen, Wixom, MI (US);
Justin Miller, Berkley, MI (US);
Smruti Panigrahi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Sanghyun Hong, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Pavithra Madhavan, Ontario, CA;
Kevin Hwang, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for administering a hazard condition warning during a package delivery operation are provided. The system includes one or more sensors, e.g., radar sensors or cameras, configured to detect a hazard condition in a vicinity of a delivery vehicle and to generate data indicative of the hazard condition. The system further includes an operator sensor configured to detect a location of an operator relative to the delivery vehicle and one or more indicators, e.g., lights, a mobile application installed on a mobile phone, or an HMI of the vehicle, configured to generate an alert corresponding to the hazard condition. A processor of the system may determine whether the hazard condition is present based on the data indicative of the hazard condition, and cause, based on a presence of the hazard condition and the detected location of the operator, the one or more indicators to generate the alert.