Systems and methods for securing a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRyan O'Gorman, Stuart C. Salter, Krishna Bandi, Brendan Diamond, Mario Anthony Santillo, Vyas Darshan Shenoy
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Abstract
A method includes the assignment of a parking zone within a marshaling environment to each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles within a distance-related threshold from the marshaling environment, the selection of a first set of vehicles and a second set of vehicles of the plurality of vehicles within the parking zone, and causing the first set of vehicles to form a security wall that encompasses a perimeter surrounding the second set of vehicles.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- assigning, by an infrastructure system, a parking zone within a marshaling environment to each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles within a distance-related threshold from the marshaling environment;
- selecting a first set of vehicles and a second set of vehicles of the plurality of vehicles within the parking zone based on one or more security-based characteristics associated with each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles;
- causing the first set of vehicles to form a security wall that encompasses a perimeter entirely surrounding the second set of vehicles;
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- determining, by the infrastructure system, whether there are enough vehicles of the first set of vehicles to form the security wall and in response to determining that there are not enough vehicles of the first set of vehicles to form the security wall, distributing the first set of vehicles and positioning one or more vehicles that have not been identified as part of the first set of vehicles between the first set of vehicles within the security wall.
A system comprising:
- an infrastructure system configured to:
- assign a parking zone within a marshaling environment to each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles within a distance-related threshold from the marshaling environment,
- select a first set of vehicles and a second set of vehicles of the plurality of vehicles within the parking zone based on historical data associated with one or more security threats of each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and an expected departure time of each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles from the parking zone, and
- cause the first set of vehicles to form a security wall that encompasses a perimeter entirely surrounding the second set of vehicles;
- determine whether there are enough vehicles of the first set of vehicles to form the security wall, and in response to determining that there are not enough vehicles of the first set of vehicles to form the security wall, distribute the first set of vehicles and position one or more vehicles that have not been identified as part of the first set of vehicles between the first set of vehicles within the security wall;
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- the first set of vehicles configured to:
- receive, from the infrastructure system, one or more marshaling commands, and
- proceed to form the security wall in response to receiving the one or more marshaling commands.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- assign a parking zone within a marshaling environment to each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles within a distance-related threshold from the marshaling environment;
- select a first set of vehicles and a second set of vehicles of the plurality of vehicles within the parking zone based on one or more security-based characteristics associated with each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles;
- cause the first set of vehicles to form a security wall that encompasses a perimeter entirely surrounding the second set of vehicles;
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- determine whether there are enough vehicles of the first set of vehicles to form the security wall in response to determining that there are not enough vehicles of the first set of vehicles to form the security wall, distribute the first set of vehicles and position one or more vehicles that have not been identified as part of the first set of vehicles between the first set of vehicles within the security wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.