Wearable computer in an autonomous vehicle

US10088844B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Christopher Attard · Ann Arbor, US
• Shane Elwart · Ypsilanti, US
• Jeff Allen Greenberg · Ann Arbor, US
• Rajit Johri · Ann Arbor, US
• John P. Joyce · Beverly Hills, US
• Devinder Singh Kochhar · Ann Arbor, US
• Thomas Edward Pilutti · Ann Arbor, US
• Douglas Scott Rhode · Farmington Hills, US
• Matt Y. Rupp · Canton, US
• John Shutko · Ann Arbor, US
• Roger Arnold Trombley · Ann Arbor, US
• Hongtei Eric Tseng · Canton, US
• Andrew Waldis · Auburn Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 2, 2018
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2050/0064
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wearable computing device in a vehicle is identified by a computer in a vehicle. Collected data is received relating to autonomous operation of the vehicle. A message is sent to the wearable computing device based at least in part on the collected data.