Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Collaborative relationship between a vehicle and a UAV
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Application No.: US16694374Application Date: 2019-11-25
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Publication No.: US11807062B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Peter Lazarevski , Austin Thind , James Carthew , Timothy Panagis , Nelson Brock
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- Agent Brandon Hicks
- Main IPC: B60G17/0165
- IPC: B60G17/0165 ; G08G5/00 ; B64C39/02 ; G06T19/00 ; B64U101/30

Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to a collaborative relationship between a vehicle and a UAV. In one exemplary implementation, a computer that is provided in the vehicle uses images captured by an imaging system in the UAV together with images captured by an imaging system in the vehicle, to modify a suspension system of the vehicle based on a nature of the terrain located below, or ahead, of the vehicle. The computer may, for example, modify a suspension system before the vehicle reaches a rock or a pothole on the ground ahead. In another exemplary implementation, the computer may generate an augmented reality image that includes a 3D model of the vehicle rendered on an image of a terrain located below, or ahead of, the vehicle. The augmented reality image may be used by a driver of the vehicle to drive the vehicle over such terrain.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210155069A1 Collaborative Relationship Between A Vehicle And A UAV Public/Granted day:2021-05-27
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