US Patent Application 17804485. Systems and Methods for Use of a Vehicle to Conduct a Site Survey Operation simplified abstract

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Systems and Methods for Use of a Vehicle to Conduct a Site Survey Operation

Organization Name

Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor(s)

Stuart Salter of White Lake MI (US)

Ryan Edwin Hanson of Livonia MI (US)

Hussein Berry of Dearborn MI (US)

John Van Wiemeersch of Novi MI (US)

Vivekanandh Elangovan of Canton MI (US)

Systems and Methods for Use of a Vehicle to Conduct a Site Survey Operation - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17804485 titled 'Systems and Methods for Use of a Vehicle to Conduct a Site Survey Operation

Simplified Explanation

- The patent application is about systems and methods for using a vehicle to conduct a site survey. - The method involves receiving navigation guidance to move the vehicle along a pre-defined path on a property for a site survey operation. - The site survey operation includes a staking procedure performed by a robotic arm attached to the vehicle, an image capture procedure using a camera in the vehicle, and a subterranean scanning procedure for detecting buried objects. - In the staking procedure, a stake with a barcode label is inserted at a first location on the property. - A barcode scanner is used to read the barcode label and obtain information associated with an object at the first location.


Original Abstract Submitted

The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for use of a vehicle to conduct a site survey. An example method can include receiving navigation guidance to move a vehicle along a pre-defined path on a property for executing a site survey operation of the property. The site survey operation can include a staking procedure performed by a robotic arm attached to the vehicle, an image capture procedure performed by use of a camera in the vehicle, and/or a subterranean scanning procedure for detecting a buried object. In an example implementation, the staking procedure can include inserting at a first location on the property, a stake having affixed thereon, a barcode label. A barcode scanner can be used to read the barcode label for obtaining information associated with an object present at the first location.