Methods, systems, and devices for automated ingress and egress for passengers of a vehicle

An automated ingress and egress system for passengers of a vehicle, comprising:

• a rear back door of the vehicle configured to open and close;
• a third row of seats of the vehicle;
• a frame coupled to at least one seat of the third row of seats and a floor of the vehicle and configured to move the at least one seat from inside a cabin of the vehicle to outside the cabin through the rear back door and horizontally rotate the at least one seat between 0-360 degrees relative to the third row of seats;
• and
• an electronic control unit (ECU) electrically connected to the rear back door and the frame and configured to:
• control the rear back door to open the rear back door;
• control the frame to separate the at least one seat from the third row of seats and move the at least one seat from inside the cabin to outside the cabin through the rear back door to allow an occupant of the at least one seat to egress from the vehicle through the rear back door;
• control the frame to rotate the at least one seat between 0-360 degrees relative to the third row of seats after the seat is separated from the third row of seats and moved to outside the cabin through the rear back door;
• control the frame to move the at least one seat from outside the cabin to inside the cabin through the rear back door to allow another occupant of the at least one seat to ingress to the vehicle through the rear back door;
• and
• control the rear back door to close the rear back door.

An automated ingress and egress system for a vehicle, comprising:

• a rear back door of the vehicle configured to open and close;
• a platform configured to hold and/or secure a wheelchair and/or one or more objects and having an original position defined by the platform facing forward relative to the vehicle and being located within a cabin of the vehicle;
• a frame coupled to the platform and a floor of the vehicle and configured to move the platform from the original position to outside the cabin through the rear back door and horizontally rotate the platform between 0-360 degrees relative to the original position;
• and
• an electronic control unit (ECU) electrically connected to the rear back door and the frame and configured to:
• control the rear back door to open the rear back door;
• control the frame to move the platform from the original position to outside the cabin through the rear back door;
• control the frame to rotate the platform between 0-360 degrees relative to the original position after the platform is moved from the original position to outside the cabin through the rear back door;
• control the frame to move the platform from outside the cabin to the original position through the rear back door;
• and
• control the rear back door to close the rear back door.