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US 9,175,966 B2Granted
Remote vehicle monitoring
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDouglas R. Martin, Kenneth J. Miller
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Abstract
A monitoring device receives an aerial image, data relating to a vehicle and a request for an image of the vehicle. The vehicle is located in the image. A portion of the aerial image that includes the vehicle and/or information based thereon is provided.
Claims19
A system, comprising a computer server, the computer server including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the server is configured to:
- receive an aerial image captured by a flying vehicle;
- receive a request for an image of a ground vehicle;
- retrieve data about the ground vehicle according to an identifier for the ground vehicle included in the request, the data including an indicia for identifying the ground vehicle in the image;
- identify the ground vehicle in the image according to the indicia;
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- provide information related to operation of the ground vehicle based on at least a portion of the aerial image that includes the ground vehicle, the information including at least one of an event involving the ground vehicle, and a condition of the ground vehicle.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving an aerial image captured by a flying vehicle;
- receiving a request for an image of a ground vehicle;
- retrieving data about the ground vehicle according to an identifier for the ground vehicle included in the request, the data including an indicia for identifying the ground vehicle in the image;
- identifying the ground vehicle in the image according to the indicia;
- and
- providing information related to operation of the ground vehicle based on at least a portion of the aerial image that includes the ground vehicle, the information including at least one of an event involving the ground vehicle, and a condition of the ground vehicle.
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A system, comprising:
- a computing device capable of being included in a ground vehicle, the computing device including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the device is configured to transmit geo-coordinates of a location of the ground vehicle and an identifier for the ground vehicle;
- an aircraft carrying a camera, the camera being configured to acquire an aerial image of a geographic area that includes the geo-coordinates of the ground vehicle location, and the aircraft being configured to transmit the aerial image to a server;
- and
- the computer server, the computer server including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the server is configured to:
- receive the aerial image;
- receive the vehicle geo-coordinates and identifier;
- receive a request for an image of the ground vehicle;
- provide information related to operation of the ground vehicle based on at least a portion of the aerial image that includes the ground vehicle, including at least one of an event involving the ground vehicle, and a condition of the ground vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.