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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Eric L. Reed, Livonia, MI (US);
Thomas Lee Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Cameron Smyth, Wyandotte, MI (US);
Jacob Lucero, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An overhead clearance system for a vehicle is configured to receive signals from wireless transceivers attached to objects that are towed or carried by the vehicle and extend above a top of the vehicle. A controller is programmed to receive the signals from the wireless transceivers and transmit a request to a remote device to send height data associated with the object and the vehicle. The controller outputs an alert when combined object and vehicle heights exceed a sensed vertical clearance.