Automotive vehicle and asset management system therefor
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJoseph Paul Rork, Matthew Whitaker, Chiwei John Lee, Yitah Richard Wu
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Abstract
An automotive vehicle includes one or more computers. The one or more computers are configured to, in a first mode of operation, receive and store, at a plurality of instances, inventory information about assets in a vicinity of the vehicle, and identify patterns in asset inventories based on the inventory information and a history of vehicle locations associated with the inventory information. The one or more computers are also configured to, in a second mode of operation, generate output representing at least one suggested vehicle destination based on the identified patterns and assets detected in the vicinity of the vehicle.
Claims4
An automotive vehicle comprising:
- one or more computers configured to,
- in a first mode of operation, receive and store, at a plurality of instances, inventory information about assets in a vicinity of the vehicle, and identify patterns in asset inventories based on the inventory information and a history of vehicle locations associated with the inventory information;
- and
- in a second mode of operation, generate output representing at least one suggested vehicle destination based on the identified patterns and assets detected in the vicinity of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.