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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Vivekanandh Elangovan, Canton, MI (US);
Ryan Edwin Hanson, Livonia, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Brendan Francis Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive range data from a range sensor of a vehicle, detect a person in proximity to the vehicle based on the range data, activate a camera of the vehicle upon detecting the person, set a parameter of one of the camera or a facial recognition algorithm based on the range data of the person, and perform the facial recognition algorithm on the person using data from the camera.