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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
May. 24, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert S. Kern, Eastpointe, MI (US);
Adam Rainey, Chicago, IL (US);
Steve Skikun, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Arie Groeneveld, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
William Gubing, Northville, MI (US);
Jon Ohland, Northville, MI (US);
Michael Ehlert, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for automatically securing a vehicle such as a police truck or an emergency response vehicle and/or the contents of the vehicle after a bailout by the driver. In one exemplary method, a computer is configured to use a sensor system to detect that a driver of a vehicle has bailed out of the vehicle. Based at least in part on detecting that the driver has bailed out of the vehicle, the computer can execute operations such as automatically locking a door of the vehicle, logging out a computer located in the vehicle, locking a first component inside the vehicle such as a gun vault, and/or disabling an operation of another component in the vehicle such as a trunk release or an ignition switch.