Patent ID: 11926282
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 14:
15. A method for random vehicle movement, the method comprising:
receiving an actuation command from a mobile device indicating that a user is not home;
receiving a vehicle movement window in the actuation command;
learning a driving behavior pattern of a vehicle via machine learning based on driving behavior associated with the vehicle;
opening a garage door responsive to the actuation command;
instructing the vehicle to perform vehicle movement at random times within the vehicle movement window based on the learned driving behavior pattern, such that the vehicle self-starts, moves out, with respect to the garage door, drives itself, and returns, with respect to the garage door so that it can park itself without a driver being located in the vehicle;
generating an alert when the vehicle performs the vehicle movement; and
transmitting the alert to the mobile device so that the user of the mobile device is updated in real time about the vehicle movement.