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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Yimin Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0968 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 10/047 (2023.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0273 (2023.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G08G 1/133 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0265 (2013.01); B60W 60/00253 (2020.02); G01C 21/3476 (2013.01); G06Q 10/047 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0273 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G08G 1/133 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract
An advertising method for a shuttle comprises by a controller, responsive to identifying a drop-off location and a business paying to influence a route traveled by the shuttle, selecting one of a plurality of routes to the drop-off location according to a priming estimate indicating that points of interest along the one share more characteristics with the business relative to others of the plurality; and commanding the shuttle to travel the one.