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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2022
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Brendan Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);

Anthony Maraldo, Southgate, MI (US);

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);

Ryan O'Gorman, Beverly Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/14 (2006.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B60L 58/16 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/143 (2013.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B60L 58/16 (2019.02); G08G 1/145 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2260/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fleet management system is disclosed. The system may include a transceiver configured to receive parking facility attributes associated with a parking facility and vehicle information associated with each vehicle in a vehicle fleet. The parking facility attributes may include parking resource locations in the parking facility and a parking resource availability information. The vehicle information may include a vehicle operational status and a future expected vehicle usage information. The system may further include a processor configured to determine a parking resource for each vehicle based on the parking facility attributes and the vehicle information. The transceiver may transmit a notification to each vehicle including a location of the determined parking resource and associated time period for parking resource usage.


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