Autonomous vehicle cargo bin loading

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11958702
APP PUB NO 20220363494A1
SERIAL NO

17318192

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A method for controlling a vehicle includes determining, via a processor disposed in communication with a sensory device disposed in an interior surface of a cargo bin of a delivery vehicle, that a first package is loaded in the cargo bin, causing to scan, via the processor, a bar code disposed on an exterior surface of the first package, causing to measure, via a RADAR sensory device disposed in the cargo bin, dimensional information associated with the first package, determining, based on the dimensional information, that the cargo bin is loaded at full capacity, causing to illuminate an output device indicative that the cargo bin is loaded at full capacity, determining, via the processor, a cargo bin door closed status and generating, via the processor, an output indicating whether the vehicle is ready for delivery.

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  • FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Berry, Hussein Dearborn, US 30 9
Carlson, Adam Ann Arbor, US 41 611
Phung, Peter Windsor, CA 58 19
Richer, Benjamin Detroit, US 4 0
Salter, Stuart C White Lake, US 956 5485

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