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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark Crawford, Belleville, MI (US);
James Robert McBride, Saline, MI (US);
Shane Elwart, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Schuyler Cohen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 10/04 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G06Q 10/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
At least one first model represents a person. A request to pick up a passenger includes a first location and a personal identifier for the passenger. A vehicle is caused to navigate to the first location. The passenger is identified by comparing a second model generated from vehicle sensor data with the first model.