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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2024
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ali Hassani, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Collin Hurley, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/41 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/02 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/415 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G01S 7/417 (2013.01); G01S 13/0209 (2013.01); G08B 21/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 2503/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive a plurality of radar data streams from a respective plurality of ultrawideband (UWB) radars in a passenger compartment of a vehicle, generate a combined radar data stream by averaging the radar data streams together, measure a biometric characteristic of an occupant of the passenger compartment based on the combined radar data stream, and actuate a component of the vehicle based on the biometric characteristic.