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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brendan Francis Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Hussein H. Berry, Dearborn, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Tarik Safir, Chesterfield, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Upon detecting an absence of a user inside a passenger cabin of a vehicle, an object inside the passenger cabin is classified as one of preferred or nonpreferred. Upon classifying the object as preferred, a sensor is activated to monitor an environment outside the passenger cabin based on determining the object is visible from outside the passenger cabin. A priority level for the preferred object is determined based on data from the sensor, wherein the priority level is one of high or low. A vehicle component is actuated to reduce the priority level based on determining the priority level for the preferred object is high.