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Patent No.:

US 12657953 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

May. 18, 2023

Scene authentication via capture of background light patterns

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Ryan Edwin Hanson, Livonia, MI (US);

Medha Karkare, Canton, MI (US);

Mackenzie Martinez, Commerce Township, MI (US);

John Moore, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Christopher Storms

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Michael Robert Cammarata

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06V 10/145 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/166 (2022.01); G06K 7/10722 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06V 10/145 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01);
Abstract

A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to project a first specified time-varying illumination pattern to an area outside of an object undergoing authentication, to capture images of the object and a portion of the area outside of the object, and to authenticate a scene that includes the images based on a comparison between the first specified time-varying illumination pattern with a second time-varying illumination pattern extracted from the images.

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