US 11,699,121 B2
Systems and methods for evaluating loading and unloading times of items in a vehicle
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); Kendra White, Redford, MI (US); Annette Huebner, Highland, MI (US); and Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, TLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/63,015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0108258 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/06 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0639 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); G01G 19/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/04 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06398 (2013.01) [G01G 19/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/04 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
loading a first item into a vehicle or unloading the first item from the vehicle, wherein loading the first item into the vehicle comprises placing the first item upon an object-sensing mat on a cargo bed of the vehicle and unloading the first item from the vehicle comprises removing the first item from the object-sensing mat;
sensing a first change in weight or pressure by the object-sensing mat;
detecting, based on sensing the first change in weight or pressure by the object-sensing mat, the loading of the first item into the vehicle or unloading of the first item from the vehicle; and
generating, based in part on a first amount of time taken for the loading of the first item into the vehicle or unloading of the first item from the vehicle, a timing prediction model configured to provide information about loading timing characteristics associated with loading or unloading one or more items onto or from the vehicle.