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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Brendan Francis Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Hussein H. Berry, Dearborn, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Timothy John Zuraw, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/40 (2013.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/403 (2013.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
Upon detecting a user departing a passenger cabin of a vehicle, a pose of the user is determined relative to the vehicle. A classification for a vehicle door is determined based on the pose. The classification is one of monitored or unmonitored. A sensor is controlled to monitor the vehicle door based on the classification.