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Patent No.:

US 11710358 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2021

Time-of-flight vehicle user localization

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Vaccariello, Plymouth, MI (US);

Vivekanandh Elangovan, Canton, MI (US);

John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Frank Lollo

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Primary Examiner:

Nam V Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G01S 5/0284 (2013.01); H01Q 1/3241 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00333 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00357 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for localizing a user device using a Time of Flight (ToF) antenna array disposed on a vehicle, the method includes determining, via a ToF localization controller, that the user device is less than a threshold distance from the vehicle, determining an angle of arrival via the ToF localization controller and the ToF antenna array, and generating an unlock signal that unlocks a vehicle door responsive to determining that the user device is less than the threshold distance from the vehicle door.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Vaccariello, Andrew. (2023). Time-of-flight vehicle user localization (U.S. Patent No. 11710358). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11710358

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