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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES. LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G07B 13/04 (2006.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 30/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/31 (2013.01); B60W 30/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G08B 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a sensor programmed to output an occupant or object detection signal indicating a presence of an unauthorized occupant or unauthorized object in a host vehicle. An autonomous mode controller is programmed to determine, from the occupant or object detection signal, whether to operate the host vehicle in an autonomous mode.