US 12,130,145 B2
Group-based navigation
David Alfred Ostrowski, Northville, MI (US); Leopoldo Urbina, Álvaro Obregón/Ciudad de Mexico (MX); Elizabeth Anne Manwell, Canton, MI (US); Akshay Dirisala, Olmsted Township, OH (US); Sakthish R. Sathasivam, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Austin Kirchner, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,432.
Prior Publication US 2023/0314145 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC G01C 21/343 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor, the instructions including instructions to:
automatically determine a specific group identity of an operator and one or more occupants of a vehicle by digitally identifying the operator and the one or more occupants of the vehicle based upon Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) of a wireless network with multiple antennas in the vehicle to estimate localization of wireless devices of the operator and the one or more occupants;
evaluate parameters associated with the specific group identity, including evaluating parameters associated with a peer group of the specific group identity, the peer group determined based upon correlated parameters clustered at multiple peer levels, the peer levels including at least two of travel goals, passenger attributes, vehicle attributes, and driving data; and
determine a path for the vehicle based upon evaluating the parameters associated with the specific group identity.