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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Tuan Anh Be, Livonia, MI (US);
Nicholas Colella, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Allen R. Murray, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/123 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/133 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G08G 1/133 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle computer system, comprising a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a mobile device. The vehicle computer system further comprises a processor configured to output an alert to a driver of a vehicle indicating a location of a hazardous area when the vehicle is in a pre-defined distance from a boundary of a geo-fence of the driver defining the hazardous area, and activate a vehicle function addressing the hazardous area based upon the vehicle entering a boundary of the geo-fence.