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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brendan F. Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jordan Barrett, Milford, MI (US);
Michael Alan McNees, Flat Rock, MI (US);
Lars Niklas Pettersson, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/18009 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G07C 5/0825 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2530/203 (2020.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01);
Abstract
Informed towing is provided. Towing information is identified, by a towing vehicle, with respect to a towed vehicle to be towed by the towing vehicle. A towed configuration of the towed vehicle is monitored. Responsive to the towed configuration of the towed vehicle being incorrect according to the towing information, a warning is displayed in the HMI indicating the incorrect towing configuration.