Patent ID: 11914914
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 18:
19. A method comprising:
in response to detecting a target vehicle having prespecified indicia, instructing a user interface of a host vehicle to output an instruction to an occupant of the host vehicle;
in response to detecting personnel from the target vehicle, instructing a display screen of the host vehicle to output a message to the personnel, wherein the display screen is positioned to display on an exterior of the host vehicle;
after the display screen outputs the message, instructing the display screen to display a plurality of icons, a memory of a computer of the host vehicle storing a plurality of messages paired with the icons; and
in response to a selection of one of the icons by the personnel, instructing the user interface to output a corresponding one of the plurality of messages to the occupant;
wherein the computer is programmed to detect the personnel from the target vehicle by using image recognition, the image recognition assigning a higher score based on detecting the target vehicle stopped near the host vehicle.