US 12,424,075 B2
Vehicle filtering hub
Russell Andres, Riverview, MI (US); Yeo-Wang John Lee, Plymouth, MI (US); David Kaiser, Allen Park, MI (US); Marshall Earnest, Seattle, WA (US); Bradley G. Hochrein, Dexter, MI (US); Chitra Varanasi, Canton, MI (US); David Pericak, Clinton Township, MI (US); and Robert Ralph Iorio, Beverly Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/428,588.
Prior Publication US 2025/0246060 A1, Jul. 31, 2025
Int. Cl. G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/187 (2013.01) [G05B 23/0291 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a vehicle as a hub for locating and filtering water, comprising:
receiving, by the vehicle, filter information over a local network connection between the vehicle and a water filter;
sending the filter information over a wide-area network from the vehicle to a cloud server; and
displaying, to a human machine interface (HMI) remote from the filter, filter details based on the filter information that explain aspects of the operation of the filter.