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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Donald Paul Bilger, Livonia, MI (US);
Tarik Safir, Chesterfield, GB;
Sam Harris, Billericay, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to select a scanning rate for a first sensor of a vehicle based on at least one of data related to a current time or data related to a location of the vehicle; instruct the first sensor to run at the selected scanning rate; in response to receiving data from the first sensor indicating a newly present object, turn on a second sensor; and then record data from the second sensor. The second sensor has a higher power draw than the first sensor.