Facial recognition and object detection for vehicle unlocking scenarios

A vehicle control system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• capturing an image of two or more individuals approaching the vehicle;
• analyzing the captured image to determine whether one or more of the individuals approaching the vehicle is an authorized user of the vehicle;
• where at least one, but not all, of the two or more individuals approaching the vehicle is identified as an authorized user of the vehicle, analyzing the captured image to determine an emotional level between an authorized user of the vehicle and an unauthorized user of the vehicle;
• and
• performing a vehicle access security operation based on the determined emotional level between the authorized user of the vehicle and the unauthorized user of the vehicle.