US 12,307,872 B2
Emergency alerts via parked vehicles
Oliver Lei, Windsor (CA); Joshua R. Wheeler, Trenton, MI (US); Matt Jones, Beaverton, OR (US); and Nicholas Colella, Grosse Ile, MI (US)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/225,214.
Prior Publication US 2025/0037564 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. G08G 1/09 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/10 (2006.01); H04H 20/59 (2008.01)
CPC G08B 21/10 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04H 20/59 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle having an active state and a dormant state, the vehicle comprising:
a radio receiver configured to receive emergency alert messages initiated by an alerting authority and broadcast by an alerting disseminator, wherein the radio receiver is normally inactive and unable to receive the emergency alert messages when the vehicle is in the dormant state, wherein the dormant state excludes an Accessory state and an ON state of the vehicle;
a user monitor configured to track a user during a time that the vehicle is in the dormant state to detect whether the user remains in the vehicle or is within a predetermined distance of the vehicle; and
a controller coupled to the radio receiver and to the user monitor, wherein the controller is configured to activate the radio receiver during the dormant state when the user remains in the vehicle or is within a predetermined distance of the vehicle, wherein the controller is further configured to detect existence of a relevant emergency alert message and to initiate an annunciation signal generated in the vehicle and perceptible to the user to inform the user that the relevant emergency alert message is available.