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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2013
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Robert B. Kleve, Dearborn, MI (US);

Anthony G. King, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Brian Wolski, Dearborn, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G08G 1/165 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle system for detecting low clearance locations may include a controller configured to access a geographical information database configured to maintain a plurality of predefined points of interest defined by a clearance height. The controller may communicate with a first sensor to detect a low clearance structure and determine, via a second sensor, a location of the low clearance structure. The controller may update the geographical information database with the location of the low clearance structure to generate a point of interest.


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