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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
May. 12, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Adam Carlson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Peter Phung, Windsor, CA;
Hussein Berry, Dearborn, MI (US);
Benjamin Richer, Detroit, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle includes determining, via a processor disposed in communication with a sensory device disposed in an interior surface of a cargo bin of a delivery vehicle, that a first package is loaded in the cargo bin, causing to scan, via the processor, a bar code disposed on an exterior surface of the first package, causing to measure, via a RADAR sensory device disposed in the cargo bin, dimensional information associated with the first package, determining, based on the dimensional information, that the cargo bin is loaded at full capacity, causing to illuminate an output device indicative that the cargo bin is loaded at full capacity, determining, via the processor, a cargo bin door closed status and generating, via the processor, an output indicating whether the vehicle is ready for delivery.