Operating a motor vehicle

US11628829B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Mohamed Benmimoun · Aachen, DE
• Sufian Ashraf Mazhari · Hohenwaldhausen, DE
• Ahmed Benmimoun · Aachen, DE
• Muhammad Adeel Awan · Herzogenrath, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 18, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D1/0212
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

While a vehicle is operated from a first area to a second area based on a stored route, one or more turning regions are identified along the stored route based on sensor data. Upon selecting one turning region, a route is determined from the second area to the first area via the selected turning region based on the stored route. Upon receiving a message from a handheld device, the vehicle is actuated to operate along the route and turn around in the selected turning region.