Posted on Mar 3, 2023
A new Ford patent imagines a future in which self-driving cars repossess themselves
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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..."As a last resort, a lender could disable "the engine, the brake, the accelerator, the steering wheel, the doors, and the lights of the vehicle," the patent suggests, or simply lock the doors.
Other suggested features include limiting the geographic area in which a car can be operated and flashing messages from a lender on a car's media screen.
Like many large corporations, Ford proactively applies for patents in large volumes. The repossession patent was one of 13 Ford patents published on Feb. 23 alone, and one of more than 350 published this year to date, according to a review of U.S. patent records.
Last year, the company was granted 1,342 patents "spanning a wide range of ideas," Sherwood said.
The company's other recent patents cover a wide range of applications: powertrain operations, speech recognition, autonomous parking, redesigns of tailgate attachments and fuel inlets."
..."As a last resort, a lender could disable "the engine, the brake, the accelerator, the steering wheel, the doors, and the lights of the vehicle," the patent suggests, or simply lock the doors.
Other suggested features include limiting the geographic area in which a car can be operated and flashing messages from a lender on a car's media screen.
Like many large corporations, Ford proactively applies for patents in large volumes. The repossession patent was one of 13 Ford patents published on Feb. 23 alone, and one of more than 350 published this year to date, according to a review of U.S. patent records.
Last year, the company was granted 1,342 patents "spanning a wide range of ideas," Sherwood said.
The company's other recent patents cover a wide range of applications: powertrain operations, speech recognition, autonomous parking, redesigns of tailgate attachments and fuel inlets."
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