US 12,443,201 B2
System and method of adjusting the automated plant marshaling based on dynamic RF signals
Krishna Bandi, Novi, MI (US); Gregory P. Linkowski, Dearborn, MI (US); Meghna Menon, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Mario Anthony Santillo, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/518,152.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/430,503, filed on Dec. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0184301 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G05D 1/225 (2024.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC G05D 1/225 (2024.01) [H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling vehicle movement, comprising:
obtaining, by a vehicle, at least one radio frequency (RF) signal metric for a plurality of RF signals broadcasted in a manufacturing environment;
broadcasting, by the vehicle, a vehicle message when the at least one RF signal metric satisfies at least one RF communication issue condition;
generating, by an infrastructure system, an RF map based on the vehicle message and at least one additional vehicle message from at least one additional vehicle; and
dynamically adjusting an infrastructure message, by the infrastructure system, based on the RF map when the vehicle autonomously navigates within the manufacturing environment.