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US 2020/0286392 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for vehicle to drone interaction
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKenneth James MILLER, Aed M. DUDAR, Thomas G. LEONE
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a controller that may be configured to, responsive to receiving a delivery request associated with a drone, periodically transmit a current location, trip route information, and acceleration data of the vehicle to guide the drone to a rendezvous location, and responsive to receiving a proximity notification associated with the drone, open a delivery opening of the vehicle.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a controller configured to, responsive to receiving a delivery request associated with a drone, periodically transmit a current location, trip route information, and acceleration data of the vehicle to guide the drone to a rendezvous location, and responsive to receiving a proximity notification associated with the drone, open a delivery opening of the vehicle.
A drone delivery method comprising:
- receiving a signal indicative of a speed of a vehicle less than a threshold;
- transmitting, to the vehicle, an availability message;
- receiving from the vehicle an item request;
- retrieving from a location, an item associated with the request;
- guiding a drone to a rendezvous location;
- and
- delivering to the vehicle via the drone, the item at the rendezvous location.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an input device;
- a transceiver;
- and
- a controller configured to, responsive to receiving a delivery request associated with a drone via the input device, periodically transmit, via the transceiver, trip route information of the vehicle to guide the drone to a rendezvous location, and responsive to receiving, via the transceiver, a proximity notification associated with the drone, open a delivery opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.