US 11,676,299 B2
Locating a vehicle using a drone
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Commerce Township, MI (US); Omar Makke, Oakland, MI (US); and Haysam M. Kadry, Dearborn Heights, MI (US)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Appl. No. 16/636,395
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 7, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/045803
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 4, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/032091, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0175252 A1, Jun. 4, 2020
Int. Cl. G06V 20/13 (2022.01); H04W 4/42 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/13 (2022.01) [G06V 20/52 (2022.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/42 (2018.02); G06V 2201/07 (2022.01); G06V 2201/08 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a computer, comprising a processor, and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, the instructions comprising instructions to:
receive, from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), image data of a vehicle parking region;
process the data by identifying an actuation of a UAV indicator that occurs within a predetermined interval of a feedback response of a vehicle in the region; and
based on the identification, determine a location of the vehicle within the region; and
the UAV, wherein the UAV is programmed to record the image data and repeatedly emit a wireless command to trigger the response as it moves from waypoint-to-waypoint within the region, wherein the command comprises a keyfob code of the vehicle, wherein the UAV is programmed to operate in a plant mode which inhibits the UAV from rolling the code.