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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Flir Belgium Bvba, Meer, BE;
Inventor:
Christopher Yeomans, Fareham, GB;
Assignee:
FLIR BELGIUM BVBA, Meer, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 28/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B63B 49/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 28/04 (2013.01); B63B 49/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06K 9/00838 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); B63B 2035/009 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure may include a vehicle that may detect the presence and/or absence of an operator of the vehicle. The vehicle may determine that the operator is present and/or absent from a control area of the vehicle (e.g., an area where the operator may provide instructions for the piloting of the vehicle) and/or from the entire area of the vehicle and provide instructions responsive to the determination.