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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mario Anthony Santillo, Canton, MI (US);
Meghna Menon, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gregory P. Linkowski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Smruti Panigrahi, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for vehicle distribution of a fleet of vehicles includes: receiving signals from a set of infrastructure sensors; receiving signals from one or more sensors on-board the vehicles; processing the signals from the set of infrastructure sensors and the signals from the one or more sensors on-board the vehicles; controlling autonomous queuing of the vehicles using the processed signals; and controlling autonomous loading and unloading of the vehicles onto a transportation vehicle according to the queuing of the vehicles.