US 12,235,107 B2
Systems and methods for use of a vehicle to conduct a site survey operation
Stuart Salter, White Lake, MI (US); Ryan Edwin Hanson, Livonia, MI (US); Hussein Berry, Dearborn, MI (US); John Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US); and Vivekanandh Elangovan, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,485.
Prior Publication US 2023/0384096 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 15/04 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 15/04 (2013.01) [B60W 60/0025 (2020.02); G01S 13/885 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); B25J 5/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving navigation guidance to move a vehicle along a pre-defined path on a property;
activating a camera and a ground penetrating radar of the vehicle;
moving the vehicle along the pre-defined path;
detecting an object at a first location along the pre-defined path;
determining information about the object from one of the camera or the ground penetrating radar;
determining an item to be placed on the ground for marking the object;
operating, by the vehicle, a robotic arm attached to the vehicle to grab the item from a cargo location of the vehicle;
stopping the vehicle at a second location located at a first distance from the first location;
generating a barcode encoded with the information about the object;
attaching the barcode to the item; and
operating the robotic arm attached to the vehicle to place the item at the second location.