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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2023
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Meghna Menon, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mario Anthony Santillo, Canton, MI (US);
Gregory P. Linkowski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Krishna Bandi, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for calibrating a vehicle includes a funnel-type wheel alignment system and an infrastructure system. The infrastructure system is configured to autonomously control a movement of the vehicle within the funnel-type wheel alignment system based on an autonomous marshaling routine and selectively adjust one or more parameters of the autonomous marshaling routine based on one or more calibration metrics generated by the funnel-type wheel alignment system. The funnel-type wheel alignment system is configured to: obtain steering wheel angle data from one or more vehicle sensors, determine a vehicle steering pinion angle offset based on the steering wheel angle data, perform a physical alignment of one or more wheels of the vehicle as the vehicle moves through the funnel-type wheel alignment system, generate the one or more calibration metrics based on the vehicle steering pinion angle offset and the physical alignment, and broadcast the one or more calibration metrics.