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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2023
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);
Karl J. Kobel, Wildwood, IL (US);
Ikechi Olakunle Emelogu, Gurnee, IL (US);
Afsar Ali, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Naveenkumar Ramaiah, Bengaluru, IN;
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A door monitoring system may include an optical sensor that may generate sensor signals indicative of a field of view of the optical sensor. The field of view may include at least part of an interior vehicle floor in front of a vehicle door. The system also may include controller that receives the sensor signals and that detects a presence or absence of one or more persons and/or objects within the field of view of the optical sensor. The controller may change a speed at which the vehicle door moves based on the presence or the absence of the persons and/or objects that are detected responsive to detecting the presence or absence of the persons and/or objects.