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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
May. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Etienne Iliffe-Moon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 10/768 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 2201/02 (2022.01);
Abstract
A method for a vehicle for estimating a user context includes acquiring, by a camera of the vehicle, image information relating to an output device of a user terminal device. The method also includes obtaining, by performing classification based on the image information, device status information relating to the user terminal device, and estimating the user context based on the device status information.