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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Nithya Somanath, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Bhagyashri Satyabodha Katti, Novi, MI (US);

Joseph Wisniewski, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Finn Finn Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Aed Dudar, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0016 (2020.02); B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 60/00253 (2020.02); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08B 21/24 (2013.01); B60W 2540/043 (2020.02);
Abstract

A method for controlling a vehicle includes identifying a user identity associated with a user riding in the vehicle, determining a destination associated with the user identity, creating a detection zone proximate to the vehicle when the vehicle is localized in a first drop-off location associated with the destination, causing a sensory system to identify a hazard within the detection zone and generate a localization of the hazard, determining that a first probability of realizing a risk associated with the hazard is less than a first probability threshold, and generating a vehicle door actuation that permits the user to exit the vehicle based on the first probability of realizing the risk.


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