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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Vidhya Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Romil Shah, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shounak Athavale, San Jose, CA (US);
Sakthi Narayanan Balasubramanian, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Vehicle damage identification and incident management systems and methods are provided herein. An example method can include determining occurrence of a damage event for a first vehicle based on a vehicle sensor signal, determining a location on the first vehicle where damage has occurred using the vehicle sensor signal, activating a camera on a side of the first vehicle corresponding with, or adjacent to, the location on the first vehicle where damage has occurred, determining, from camera images, identifying information related to an object captured in the camera images, and transmitting a message to a recipient that includes the identifying information.