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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2024
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Krishna Bandi, Novi, MI (US);
Meghna Menon, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gregory P. Linkowski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mario Anthony Santillo, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06V 10/751 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06V 2201/08 (2022.01);
Abstract
A method for obtaining a first set of images of an exterior of one or more vehicles, determining a condition of the exterior of the one or more vehicles by an automated vehicle marshaling algorithm of an infrastructure system, and causing the one or more vehicles to navigate toward a waypoint and capture one or more characteristics associated with the one or more vehicles.