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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohannad Abdullah Hakeem, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ebrahim Nasser, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/48 (2006.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/144 (2013.01); G08G 1/143 (2013.01); G08G 1/146 (2013.01); G08G 1/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vacant parking spot notification system for a vehicle includes a controller that, in response to receiving a user initiated signal indicative of the user's intent to cause a parked vehicle to vacate a parking spot and confirmation that operating parameters reflective of vehicle departure are present, broadcasts geographic coordinates of the vehicle.