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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brendan Jenkins, Canton, MI (US);
Tyler James-Ray Kaldobsky, Canton, MI (US);
Daniel Sullivan, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G01W 1/10 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60S 1/0848 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); G01W 1/10 (2013.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2520/28 (2013.01); B60W 2520/30 (2013.01); B60W 2552/50 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02);
Abstract
Upon detecting an accumulation of snow on a driving surface, a driving path from a first location to a second location is identified. A vehicle is operated from the first location to the second location and then to a third location that is identical to or proximate to the first location.