Patent ID: 11878718
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling a vehicle, comprising:
determining a destination associated with a user riding in the vehicle;
determining a detection zone proximate to the vehicle at a first drop-off location associated with the destination;
identifying a hazard within the detection zone and a location of the hazard;
determining that a first probability of realizing a risk associated with the hazard is greater than a first probability threshold;
actuating, based on the first probability of realizing the risk being greater than the first probability threshold, a vehicle door in a manner wherein a signal is sent to a door access panel of the vehicle door and/or is sent to a door actuator of the vehicle door in order to cause the vehicle door to lock at the first drop-off location;
over-riding actuation of the vehicle door with the user to cause the vehicle door to open, thereby causing a display of the vehicle to provide an assumption of risk message, and a user-selectable input that allows the user to provide an acknowledgement based on the assumption of risk message;
creating logs for future reference which note that the user has chosen to accept the risk associated with the hazard; and
responsive to the user exiting the vehicle, causing the vehicle to wait nearby the user as an escort such that the vehicle monitors the user by establishing a geofence around the vehicle until it is determined that the user has moved a predetermined distance with respect to the geofence.