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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Lawrence Amadi, Nottingham, MD (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Hussein H. Berry, Dearborn, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
Marguerite Lynn Kimball, Brighton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle is provided that includes an imaging device located on the vehicle and oriented to capture images, memory storing one or more pet profiles, and a controller processing the captured images to detect a pet and determining at least one of an estimated pose of the pet and a gait of the pet, wherein the processor determines a bone structure of the pet from the at least one estimated pose and gait and compares the bone structure to the one or more pet profiles to detect an authorized pet, the controller controlling one or more vehicle related features based on the detected authorized pet.