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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2024
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Brendan Diamond, Naples, FL (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/48 (2022.01); G01J 5/00 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G01J 5/485 (2022.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
Abstract
A vehicle including a sensor unit and a processor is disclosed. The sensor unit may be configured to capture sensor inputs associated with an object to be monitored in proximity to the vehicle. The processor may be configured to obtain user inputs indicating the object to be monitored, and obtain the sensor inputs from the sensor unit responsive to obtaining the user inputs. The processor may further monitor an object state based on the sensor inputs, and determine a change in the object state based on the monitoring. The process may output an alert notification responsive to determining the change in the object state.