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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
James Robert McBride, Saline, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G06K 9/00845 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0881 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A LIDAR sensor is mountable to a vehicle exterior with a field of view including a vehicle interior view first portion and a vehicle exterior view first portion. Data can be received from the LIDAR sensor. A state of a vehicle occupant can be determined based at least in part on data from the LIDAR sensor.