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US 12,403,857 B2Granted
Accessible delivery storage and anti-entrapment feature for an electric vehicle front trunk
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsDennis J Yarema, Madelyn R Yarema
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Abstract
A system and method include a first device and a vehicle in communication with the first device. The vehicle includes a front trunk, a camera disposed within the front trunk; and a vehicle controller controlling the camera to capture an image for the front trunk and communicating the image in an image signal to the first device.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- a first device;
- a vehicle in communication with the first device;
- and
- a remote controller in communication with the first device and the vehicle,
- wherein the vehicle includes a front trunk;
- a camera disposed within the front trunk;
- and a vehicle controller controlling the camera to capture an image for the front trunk and communicating the image in an image signal to the first device,
- wherein the first device comprises a user device, wherein the user device generates an access signal that is communicated to the remote controller to allow access to the front trunk;
- and
- the remote controller is configured to communicate a code to a mobile device in response to the access signal that permits access to the front trunk;
- and
- the remote controller communicates an unlatch control signal to the vehicle controller in response to receiving confirmation of the code from the mobile device, and the vehicle controller controls a front trunk unlatch signal to unlatch the front trunk.
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A method of controlling a vehicle having a front trunk comprising:
- communicating a code to a mobile device from a remote controller in response to an access signal;
- communicating an unlatch control signal to a vehicle controller in response to receiving the code from the mobile device, and controlling a front trunk unlatch signal to unlatch the front trunk using the vehicle controller;
- directing a camera positioned within the front trunk;
- controlling the camera to capture an image for the front trunk;
- and
- communicating the image signal to a first device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.