Method and apparatus for vehicle interior evaluation and situational servicing

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PATENT NO 11450118
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17130522

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A vehicle may be configured to detect an object within an interior of the vehicle using a vehicle sensor. The vehicle may further determine whether the object should be removed, based on a determined object value, such as may be determined by comparison of an object characteristic to a database of objects. Also, responsive to determining the object should be removed, the vehicle may schedule removal at an automated object-removal center. The vehicle may also wirelessly notify the object-removal center of vehicle arrival when the vehicle arrives at the object-removal center, including sending identification of the object, receiving indication from the object-removal center that the object has been removed, and confirming removal of the object by attempting to detect the object using the vehicle sensor, the confirmation occurring based on non-detection of the object by the vehicle that originally detected the object and requested removal.

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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCDEARBORN MI 48126-2738

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Kourous-Harrigan, Helen Elizabeth Monroe, US 20 54
Kristinsson, Johannes Geir Ann Arbor, US 47 820
Qiu, Shiqi Canton, US 24 55
Tseng, Fling Ann Arbor, US 71 1063

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