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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert S. Kern, Eastpointe, MI (US);
Steve Skikun, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Jon Ohland, Northville, MI (US);
Adam Rainey, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael Ehlert, Livonia, MI (US);
William Gubing, Northville, MI (US);
Arie Groeneveld, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for automatically detecting an impending bailout from a vehicle such as a police truck or an emergency response vehicle. In one exemplary method, a computer is configured to detect a driving pattern of the vehicle that would indicate that the driver of the vehicle is about to bail out. The driving pattern can include an acceleration sequence and a braking sequence that is indicative of a police chase or an emergency response situation. In another exemplary method, the computer may determine that the driver of the vehicle is about to bail out based on detecting one or more cue words uttered by the driver or included in a conversation over a radio communications device between the driver and a person outside the vehicle.