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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Scott Vincent Myers, Camarillo, CA (US);
Praveen Narayanan, San Jose, CA (US);
Harpreetsingh Banvait, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark Crawford, Belleville, MI (US);
Alexandru Mihai Gurghian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Silver, San Mateo, CA (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Example passenger validation systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives, at a vehicle, a transport request indicating a passenger and a pick-up location. The vehicle drives to the pick-up location and authenticates the passenger at the pick-up location. If the passenger is successfully authenticated, the method unlocks the vehicle doors to allow access to the vehicle, determines a number of people entering the vehicle, and confirms that the number of people entering the vehicle matches a number of passengers associated with the transport request.