US 11,946,751 B2
Determining a vehicle route
Hamid M. Golgiri, Livonia, MI (US); Tony Tae-Jin Pak, Garden City, MI (US); and Ahmed Benmimoun, Aachen (DE)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on May 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/746,035.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392937 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3415 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G01C 21/3676 (2013.01); G01C 21/3685 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first computer including a first processor and a first memory, the first memory storing first instructions executable by the first processor to:
receive a request from a second computer to move a vehicle from a first location to a second location within a predetermined area;
synchronize a first timer stored in the first computer with a second timer stored in the second computer;
determine a route including one or more waypoints from the first location to the second location;
determine predicted travel times for a plurality of respective legs of the route, the predicted travel times including a first predicted travel time for a first leg, wherein the first leg is defined from the first location to a first waypoint included in the one or more waypoints; and
transmit the route and the predicted travel times to the second computer;
the second computer including a second processor and a second memory, the second memory storing second instructions executable by the processor to:
determine an elapsed time of travel based on the synchronization of the first timer and the second timer; and
predict a location of the vehicle based on the elapsed time of travel and the first predicted travel time.