Ultra wide band (UWB) based automatic moveable closure adjustment
AssigneeTesla, Inc.
InventorsBrahmesh Saligrama Dharanendra Jain, Bernard Bekker, Austin Shaski, Gary Chen
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described herein for a system to automatically execute actions associated with one or more moveable closures of a vehicle. The system may detect a user device is within proximity of the vehicle using ultra-wideband signals. The system may then determine a location of the user device, and based on the location of the user device, whether the user device is within a trigger zone. A trigger zone may represent a real-world area positioned about the vehicle. Based on determining that the user device is within a trigger zone, the system may execute an action associated with the one or more moveable closures.
Claims16
A system configured for inclusion in a vehicle, the system comprising:
- one or more sensors;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- detect a user device, wherein the user device is authenticated as being associated with the vehicle;
- determine a location of the user device using ultra-wideband signals;
- determine whether the user device is located within a first trigger zone of a plurality of trigger zones, wherein each trigger zone represents a real-world area positioned about the vehicle;
- and
- based on determining that the user device is located within the first trigger zone, executing a first action associated with one or more moveable closures of the vehicle,
- wherein the first trigger zone corresponds to an overlap between a first ellipse positioned proximate to the vehicle and a second ellipse positioned proximate to the vehicle, the first ellipse being associated with a first distance from a first of the one or more sensors and the second ellipse being associated with a second distance from a second of the one or more sensors.
A method comprising:
- detecting a user device, wherein the user device is authenticated as being associated with a vehicle, the vehicle comprising one or more sensors;
- determining a location of the user device using ultra-wideband signals;
- determining whether the user device is located within a first trigger zone of a plurality of trigger zones, wherein each trigger zone represents a real-world area positioned about the vehicle;
- and
- based on determining that the user device is located within the first trigger zone, executing a first action associated with one or more moveable closures of the vehicle,
- wherein the first trigger zone corresponds to an overlap between a first ellipse positioned proximate to the vehicle and a second ellipse positioned proximate to the vehicle, the first ellipse being associated with a first distance from a first of the one or more sensors and the second ellipse being associated with a second distance from a second of the one or more sensors.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computing system including one or more processors, cause the computing system to:
- detect a user device, wherein the user device is authenticated as being associated with a vehicle;
- determine a location of the user device using ultra-wideband signals;
- determine whether the user device is located within a first trigger zone of a plurality of trigger zones, wherein each trigger zone represents a real-world area positioned about the vehicle;
- and
- based on determining that the user device is located within the first trigger zone, executing a first action associated with one or more moveable closures of the vehicle,
- wherein the first trigger zone corresponds to an overlap between a first ellipse positioned proximate to the vehicle and a second ellipse positioned proximate to the vehicle, the first ellipse being associated with a first distance from a first of the one or more sensors and the second ellipse being associated with a second distance from a second of the one or more sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.