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US 2021/0264699 A1Published application
Vehicle status indicator assembly and indicating method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRyan O'Gorman, Hannah Bailey, Aparna Velampudi, Ankur Sharma
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Abstract
An indicator assembly includes, among other things, a vehicle model that is configured to communicate with a vehicle. The indicator assembly further includes an indicator portion of the vehicle model. The indicator portion is configured to indicate a status of the vehicle based on a communication sent to the vehicle model.
Claims20
An indicator assembly, comprising:
- a vehicle model that is configured to communicate with a vehicle;
- and
- an indicator portion of the vehicle model, the indicator portion configured to provide an indication that the vehicle has completed an action in response to a first communication sent from a keyfob to the vehicle, the indicator portion providing the indication based on a second communication sent to the vehicle model from the vehicle, wherein the vehicle model is a three-dimensional model of the vehicle.
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A vehicle status indicating method, comprising:
- receiving, at a vehicle model, a communication that includes a confirmation status of a vehicle;
- and
- indicating the confirmation status of the vehicle on the vehicle model by adjusting an indicator portion of the vehicle model based on the communication, wherein the indicator portion is adjusted a first way if the vehicle completes an action requested by a user, and the indicator portion is adjusted a different, second way if the vehicle does not complete the action requested by the user, wherein the vehicle model is a three-dimensional model of the vehicle.
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A vehicle status indicating method, comprising:
- at a vehicle, receiving a first communication from a keyfob;
- in response to the first communication, initiating an action at the vehicle;
- and
- sending a second communication from the vehicle to a vehicle model of the vehicle, the second communication including a status of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle model is configured to adjust an indicator portion of the vehicle model based on the second communication to provide an indication of the status on the vehicle model, wherein the vehicle is an electrified vehicle, and the vehicle model is a replica of the electrified vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.