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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:
Dec. 23, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Oliver Lei, Windsor, CA;

Vladyslav Slyusar, Northville, MI (US);

Somak Datta Gupta, Novi, MI (US);

Allen R. Murray, Lake Orion, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); B60W 2554/4046 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02);
Abstract

A system determines at least one driving style, reflecting driving behavior for a driver of a vehicle and based on inputs from a plurality of vehicle systems. The system receives a plurality of wireless signals from elements within a wireless communication range, each signal indicating the behavior of one or more drivers of other vehicles within a predefined distance of the vehicle. Further, the system determines, based on the wireless signals, whether one or more drivers are exhibiting behavior comparable to the driver of the vehicle based on predefined comparison thresholds and, responsive to determining that one or more drivers are exhibiting comparable behavior, provides guidance as to how to maneuver the vehicle to reach the vehicles driven by the one or more drivers exhibiting comparable behavior.


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