	US 12,136,344 B2
	Fleet storage management system
Brendan Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US); Anthony Maraldo, Southgate, MI (US); Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US); and Ryan O'Gorman, Beverly Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/145,197.
Prior Publication US 2024/0212501 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/14 (2006.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B60L 58/16 (2019.01)

CPC G08G 1/143 (2013.01) [B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B60L 58/16 (2019.02); G08G 1/145 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2260/52 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A fleet management method comprising:

obtaining, by a processor, parking facility attributes comprising parking resource locations in a parking facility and a parking resource availability information;

obtaining, by the processor, a vehicle information comprising vehicle operational status and a future expected vehicle usage information for each vehicle of a vehicle fleet;

determining, by the processor, a parking resource for each vehicle based on the parking facility attributes and the vehicle information; and

transmitting, by the processor, a notification to each vehicle, wherein the notification comprises a location of determined parking resource.