Method and apparatus for vehicle assisted pet tracking
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHamid M. GOLGIRI, Michael HRECZNYJ, Vivekanandh ELANGOVAN, Albert BOEHNLEIN, Erick LAVOIE, John VAN WIEMEERSCH, Thomas HERMANN
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Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to receive a tether activation instruction, including a range. The processor is also configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile wireless module, responsive to the activation instruction. The processor is further configured to track the mobile wireless module as the module travels and issue an alert when the tracking reveals that the mobile wireless module has reached an outer edge of the range, measured from a processor-location.
Claims10
1-11. (canceled)
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a tether activation instruction;
- wirelessly communicate with a mobile wireless module, responsive to the activation instruction;
- and
- instruct a vehicle to follow the mobile wireless module as the module travels, wherein a vehicle control module is configured, responsive to the instruction to follow, to move the vehicle towards the wireless module when a signal strength of a communication signal from the wireless module falls below a predefined threshold.
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a tether activation instruction;
- wirelessly communicate with a mobile wireless module, responsive to the activation instruction;
- instruct a vehicle to follow the mobile wireless module as the module travels;
- determine that the vehicle should no longer follow the mobile wireless module based on an obstacle in a vehicle path;
- and
- responsive to the determination, open a vehicle access for an animal.
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a wireless signal indicating a pet-location;
- provide navigation to a road-location within a predetermined distance of the pet-location;
- continue wireless signal receipt as a vehicle travels to the road-location;
- and
- until the vehicle reaches a most recently provided road-location, provide new navigation to a new road-location, responsive to a new pet-location deviating from a previous pet-location by more than a predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.