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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:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stephanie Gage, Northville, MI (US);
Raymond Theodore Gage, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/22 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/22 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G08B 21/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); G07C 2009/00769 (2013.01); G07C 2209/63 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle determines that a trigger state designated for user assistance for a user traveling away from a vehicle has occurred. The vehicle determines that an alert action to be taken, defined in conjunction with the trigger state and determines that a user has not returned to a vehicle based on a failure to detect a user wireless device. The vehicle automatically executes the alert action responsive to the trigger state occurrence and failure to detect the user device.