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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract
A tracking system for tracking of objects to be transported by at least one transport vehicle is provided. The tracking system includes object sets comprising an object and at least one tagging device with unique identification signal to be permanently sent out and received by a short-range wireless communication unit arrangeable in the transport vehicle. The tracking system further comprises, arrangeable in the transport vehicle, an electronic main controller unit, operatively coupled at least to the short-range wireless communication unit, and a telematics control unit for communicating with a cloud-based computer system.