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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Edmund Pengfei He, Troy, MI (US);
Chelsia Ka Po Lau, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Yu-Hsin Kuo, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Joseph Ian Halaszynski, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Multi-mode personal transportation and delivery devices and methods of use are disclosed herein. A device can include a communications interface, the communications interface configured to provide vehicle-to-everything communications, a device controller comprising: a processor; and a memory for storing instructions, the processor executing the instructions to: receive a first message from a service provider that the transportation device is to relocate to a location based on user demand; and activate a redistribution mode to cause the transportation device to autonomously navigate to the location.