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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Amy Leigh Rose, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
John Scott Crowe, Durham, NC (US);
Gary David Cudak, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Jennifer Lee-Baron, Morrisville, NC (US);
Nathan J. Peterson, Oxford, NC (US);
Bryan Lloyd Young, Tualatin, OR (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park, SG;
Abstract
For controlling vehicle egress, an apparatus is disclosed. A system, method, and program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a vehicle, a processor, a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The processor determines whether a supervised passenger is in the vehicle, locks a vehicle door in response to a supervised passenger being in the vehicle, and unlocks the vehicle door in response to the vehicle satisfying one or more predetermined destination criteria. The one or more predetermined destination criteria may include reaching a predetermined location and/or detecting a guardian of the supervised passenger in proximity to the vehicle.