ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,319, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Satellite-enabled off-road obstacle detection" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), Andrew Denis Lewandowski (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Jordan Barrett (Milford, Mich.), Brendan F. Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) and Michael Alan McNees (Flat Rock, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Use of a satellite network as a source of image data for detection of off-road obstacles is provided. Image data from a satellite network is received to an OBU of a vehicle via a transceiver of the vehicle. The image data is related to an off-road location to...