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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Michael John Kipley, Saline, MI (US);
Adrian Aguirre, Alvaro Obregon, MX;
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle is provided that includes a cabin interior, a seat configured to hold a passenger, a window having a movable panel actuatable between open and closed positions, and an actuator to power the window between the open and closed positions. The vehicle also includes an imaging device located in the cabin interior and oriented to capture images of a passenger seated on the seat and at least a portion of the movable panel of the window, and a controller processing the images to determine one or more characteristics of a face of the passenger. The controller further processes the images to monitor a position of the movable panel.