Methods, systems, and devices for automatic opening and closing of a garage door

An automatic garage door system for a vehicle, the system comprising:

• one or more occupant sensors configured to detect or determine occupant data indicating a number of occupants within the vehicle;
• one or more cameras configured to capture video data of a surrounding area of the vehicle, the surrounding area including a door of a house and a garage having a garage door and a garage door transceiver;
• a network access device configured to communicate with the garage door transceiver to open and close the garage door;
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• an electronic control unit (ECU) electrically connected to the one or more occupant sensors, the one or more cameras, and the network access device and configured to:
• receive the occupant data from the one or more occupant sensors and the video data from the one or more cameras;
• track movement of each of the number of occupants in the surrounding area of the vehicle after the number of occupants exit the vehicle by processing or analyzing the received video data;
• determine, based on the tracked movement, whether each of the number of occupants indicated by the occupant data have entered the garage through the garage door and/or the house through the door;
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• transmit, via the network access device, one or more signals to the garage door transceiver to close the garage door in response to a determination that all of the number of occupants indicated by the occupant data have entered the garage through the garage door and/or the house through the door.

A method for automatically controlling a garage door of a garage having a garage door transceiver, the method comprising:

• detecting or determining, via one or more occupant sensors, occupant data indicating a number of occupants within a vehicle;
• capturing, via one or more cameras, video data of a surrounding area of the vehicle, the surrounding area including the garage,
• tracking, via an electronic control device (ECU) electrically connected to the one or more occupant sensors and the one or more cameras, movement of each of the number of occupants in the surrounding area of the vehicle after the number of occupants exit the vehicle by processing or analyzing the video data;
• determining, based on the tracked movement, whether each of the number of occupants indicated by the occupant data have entered the garage;
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• transmitting, via a network access device electrically connected to the ECU, one or more signals to the garage door transceiver to close the garage door in response to a determination that all of the number of occupants indicated by the occupant data have entered the garage.