Smart vehicle door opening and related methods
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTe-Ping Kang, Bensingh Beno, John Rafferty
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Abstract
The touchless opening or closing of a vehicle door using a camera to assist in detection of a user's predefined actions is disclosed. A user approaches a vehicle and, once in proximity to the vehicle, is detected. The system authenticates the user and identifies a predefined action of the user using a vehicle camera. Once the predefined action is identified, the vehicle door is opened or closed.
Claims16
A system for activating a door of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a camera positioned on the vehicle;
- and
- a processor comprising a memory and configured to perform operations comprising:
- detecting a presence of a user within a vicinity of the vehicle;
- authenticating, using the camera, a pre-defined maximum number of users greater than one in a field of view of the camera while rejecting any other persons;
- identifying, using the camera, a predefined action of at least one of the authenticated users;
- and
- in response to the identification, activating the door of the vehicle.
A computer-implemented method for activating a door of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting a presence of a user within a vicinity of the vehicle;
- authenticating, using the camera, a pre-defined maximum number of users greater than one in a field of view of the camera while rejecting any other persons;
- identifying, using a camera positioned on the vehicle, a predefined action of at least one of the authenticated users;
- and
- in response to the identification, activating the door of the vehicle.
A computer-implemented method for activating a door of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting a presence of multiple users within a vicinity of the vehicle, wherein two or more of the users are authenticated while any other persons are rejected;
- identifying, using a camera positioned on the vehicle, a predefined action of at least one of the users;
- and
- in response to the identification, activating the door of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.