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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Daniel Denomme, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Vivekananda Krishnamurthy, Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for alerting a user against a vehicular contact includes an alerting device. The alerting device includes an ultrasonic receiver configured to receive ultrasonic signals emitted by an ultrasonic transmitter of a vehicle, and an intensity determination module configured to determine whether an intensity of the ultrasonic signals is increasing or decreasing during a predetermined period. The alerting device is configured to generate an alert to the user or move the user away from the vehicle in response to a determination by the intensity determination module that the intensity of the ultrasonic signals is increasing during the predetermine period.