公开(公告)号：US20230110675A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US17962835

申请日：2022-10-10

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Stuart C. Salter ,  Matthew B. RUTMAN ,  Brendan F. DIAMOND ,  John Robert VAN WIEMEERSCH ,  Eric Scott LEVINE ,  William WURZ

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G08G1/0968 ,  H04W16/18

Abstract: A vehicle receives designation of a coverage area for deployment of a portable network comprised of a plurality of wireless-equipped toolboxes and determines a plurality of toolboxes available for use in the network based on indications to the vehicle from a plurality of toolboxes that they are usable in the network. The vehicle determines a placement of the available toolboxes within the coverage area to achieve a wireless network having at least one box location capable of reaching a location designated as a vehicle parking location with wireless communication, the location determined by the vehicle based at least in part on the ability of the vehicle to reach the location and a known cellular signal available at the location. The vehicle provides guidance for deployment of individual toolboxes of the plurality of toolboxes at deployment locations according to the determined placement.