Patent ID: 11882500
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 5:
6. A system, comprising:
a vehicle comprising a vehicle camera;
a delivery vehicle;
a locker system associated with the delivery vehicle, wherein the locker system comprises a locker that is configured to be unlocked with a code, a locker camera, a locker processor, and a locker memory, and wherein the locker system is disposed externally to the delivery vehicle;
a processor; and
a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
request a first image from the vehicle camera at a pickup location;
capture the first image by the vehicle camera at the pickup location;
identify a first user account, comprising one or more first stored facial features of a first user, based on the first image, the identification of the first user account comprising:
detecting, in the first image, the first user;
determining one or more first facial features of the first user from the first image; and
comparing the one or more first facial features of the first user to the one or more first stored facial features of the first user account,
wherein the first user account is created in association with the first user;

determine a first number of luggage items associated with the first user to add to the first user account, comprising:
determining, in the first image, the first user based on the one or more first facial features; and
detecting, in the first image, the first number of luggage items associated with the first user;

request a second image from the vehicle camera at a dropoff location;
capture the second image by the vehicle camera at the dropoff location;
identify the first user account based on the second image, comprising:
detecting, in the second image, the first user;
determining one or more second facial features of the first user from the second image; and
comparing the one or more second facial features of the first user to the one or more first stored facial features of the first user account; and

subtracting a second number of luggage items associated with the first user from the first user account to determine a left number of luggage items, comprising:
determining, in the second image, the first user based on the one or more second facial features; and
detecting, in the second image, the second number of luggage items associated with the first user,
wherein the locker memory comprises instructions that, when executed by the locker processor, cause the locker processor to perform operations including identifying the left number of luggage items, and confirming a number of the left number of luggage items by comparing identified items in an image of the locker camera with images of the left number of luggage items provided by a server associated with the vehicle.