Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aerial vehicle-ground vehicle coordination
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Application No.: US16485625Application Date: 2017-02-15
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Publication No.: US11238727B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Oswaldo Perez Barrera , Alvaro Jimenez Hernandez
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Brandon Hicks
- International Application: PCT/US2017/017875 WO 20170215
- International Announcement: WO2018/151712 WO 20180823
- Main IPC: G08G1/005
- IPC: G08G1/005 ; B64C39/02 ; G08G5/00 ; G06K9/00

Abstract:
An aerial vehicle can proceed to a target location upon receiving a message based on a ground vehicle being at an aerial vehicle deploy location. A user can be identified from an image captured at the target location. The aerial vehicle can be navigated to lead the user to a rendezvous with the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190385442A1 AERIAL VEHICLE-GROUND VEHICLE COORDINATION Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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