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Patent No.:

US 12773954 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2023

Vehicle center console having powered storage compartment cover and method

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Brendan Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);

John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);

Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:

Vichit Chea

Price Heneveld LLP

Primary Examiner:

Hitesh Patel

Assistant Examiner:

Shien Ming Chou

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 7/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 7/04 (2013.01); B60R 11/00 (2013.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); B60R 2011/0007 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0084 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a console having a base housing having a first compartment having an open top end, a powered cover coupled to the base housing and configured to move between an open compartment position exposing the first compartment, and a closed compartment position covering the first compartment, at least one sensor including an imaging camera located in the vehicle and orientated to capture images of the first compartment when the cover is in the open compartment position, and image processing for processing the captured images and detecting one or more objects determined to be of value located within the first compartment. A controller controls the powered cover to move the powered cover from the open compartment position to the closed compartment position when an item of value is detected located within the first compartment.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Diamond, Brendan. (2026). Vehicle center console having powered storage compartment cover and method (U.S. Patent No. 12773954). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12773954

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