Methods and Systems for Opening of a Vehicle Access Point Using Audio or Video Data Associated with a User
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsScott Vincent Myers, Venkatapathi Raju Nallapa, Alexandru Mihai Gurghian
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Abstract
Methods and systems for opening an access point of a vehicle. A system and a method may involve receiving wirelessly a signal from a remote controller carried by a user. The system and the method may further involve receiving audio or video data indicating the user approaching the vehicle. The system and the method may also involve determining an intention of the user to access an interior of the vehicle based on the audio or video data. The system and the method may also involve opening an access point of the vehicle responsive to the determining of the intention of the user to access the interior of the vehicle.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a system on a vehicle, audio or video data indicating a user approaching the vehicle;
- determining, by the system, an intention of the user to access an interior of the vehicle based on the audio or video data indicating a predefined movement of a body part of the user;
- and
- opening, by the system, an access point of the vehicle responsive to the determining.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a system on a vehicle, audio or video data indicating a user approaching the vehicle;
- determining, by the system, whether the user intends to access an interior of the vehicle based on the audio or video data;
- and
- opening, by the system, an access point of the vehicle responsive to the determining,
- wherein the determining of the intention of the user comprises:
- receiving digital map data regarding a vicinity of the vehicle;
- and
- determining one or more types of business in the vicinity of the vehicle based on the digital map data.
A method comprising:
- receiving wirelessly, by a system on a vehicle, a signal from a remote controller carried by a user;
- and
- opening, by the system, an access point of the vehicle responsive to the signal indicating a command registered previously at the remote controller by the user within a predetermined time window before the receiving of the signal from the remote controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.