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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
Marguerite Lynn Kimball, Brighton, MI (US);
Hussein Berry, Dearborn, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle body, a plurality of RF signal receivers located at a plurality of locations within the vehicle, a portable pet bowl configured to be transported in the vehicle body, the pet bowl including a container for holding content such as water, an RF signal transmitter located on the pet bowl for transmitting an RF signal, and a controller for processing the RF signal received by each of the plurality of RF signal receivers and determining a location of the pet bowl based on the received RF signals.