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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:
Jul. 08, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jelena Frtunikj, Munich, DE;

Jan Martin, Munich, DE;

Thomas Mühlenstädt, Munich, DE;

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/06 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01C 21/30 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/06 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G01C 21/30 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02);
Abstract

Provided are systems, methods, and computer program products for data-driven optimization of onboard data collection, comprising identifying a condition in a roadway associated with an operation of autonomous vehicles (AVs) that may be further optimized to improve performance of one or more AVs; and generating condition capture instructions to communicate to the AVs, wherein the condition capture instructions comprise one or more parameters of a storage request in one or more roadways predicted to exhibit the condition in the roadway; and when at least one instruction in the one or more condition capture instructions is received by an AV, the at least one instruction is configured to cause the AV to collect condition information in the roadway at a time when the condition is predicted to be present in the roadway.


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