US 11,919,543 B2
Multi-mode personal transportation and delivery devices and methods of use
Edmund Pengfei He, Troy, MI (US); Chelsia Ka Po Lau, Ann Arbor, MI (US); James Yu-Hsin Kuo, Farmington Hills, MI (US); and Joseph Ian Halaszynski, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/407,473.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055354 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06Q 10/0835 (2023.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 60/00256 (2020.02) [G06Q 10/08355 (2013.01); B60L 2200/24 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining demand for a transportation device in a designated location;
determining a lack of transportation devices in the designated location for the demand;
transmitting a first message to a transportation device through a transportation infrastructure, the first message indicating that the transportation device is to relocate to the designated location;
determining that the designated location is out of a range distance of the transportation device; and
dispatching a transportation vehicle to a pick-up location when the designated location is beyond the range distance of the transportation device, the transportation vehicle transporting the transportation device atto the designated location.