Methods and apparatus to facilitate equipment status verification in a storage device
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSteven T. Skikun, Robert S. Kern, Arie Groeneveld, Frank J. Desjarlais, Jon Ohland
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate equipment status verification in a storage device. An example vehicle comprises: an equipment rack, a processor and memory, and a display. The equipment rack includes sensors to generate presence and securement information. The processor and memory are in communication with the sensors and are configured to: determine a presence status of an object assigned to the equipment rack, determine a securement status of the object in the equipment rack, and display a report of the presence and securement statuses via the display.
Claims14
A vehicle comprising:
- an equipment rack including sensors to generate presence and securement information;
- a processor and memory in communication with the sensors and configured to:
- determine a presence status of an object assigned to the equipment rack using the presence information;
- determine a securement status of the object in the equipment rack using the securement information;
- and
- display a report of the presence and securement statuses via a display;
- and
- an ignition module in communication with the processor, wherein the processor is configured to detect a key cycle based on key cycle information from the ignition module.
A method comprising:
- detecting, with the processor, a key cycle based on key cycle information from an ignition module of a vehicle;
- determining, with a processor, a presence status of an object assigned to an equipment rack using presence information from sensors;
- determining, with the processor, a securement status of the object in the equipment rack using securement information from the sensors;
- and
- displaying, with a display, a report of the presence and securement statuses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.