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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Helen E. Kourous-Harrigan, Monroe, MI (US);
Qi Chen, Canton, MI (US);
Siddharth Agarwal, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ankit Girish Vora, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Umair Ibrahim, San Jose, CA (US);
Patrick Carmody, Dexter, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for operating a vehicle operating on a route that will pass within a predetermined distance of a smart infrastructure node (IX Node) includes: retrieving, prior to receiving a message from the IX Node, data about the IX Node including (a) an IX Node assist zone based on an effective broadcast range of the IX Node, (b) an IX Node field of view area that is within the IX Node assist zone and that is defined by a field of view of one or more IX Node sensors, and (c) available services from the IX Node; and selecting a vehicle application for operation on the route while in the IX Node assist zone based on the IX Node field of view area, and the available services from the IX Node, and/or a type and accuracy of one or more IX Node sensors.