Patent ID: 11932200
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  E | IPC B  E  G

Claim 10:
11. A vehicle comprising:
a plurality of powered doors;
a plurality of actuators for moving the plurality of powered doors between open and closed positions;
a transceiver configured to communicate with one or more mobile devices;
a plurality of imaging devices oriented to capture images in a region proximate to the plurality of powered doors; and
a controller processing the captured images and controlling the plurality of actuators, wherein the controller is configured to activate a first actuator to move a first powered door to the open position when a mobile device is detected proximate the vehicle and a user is detected in the captured images located in a first door detection zone, the controller is configured to activate the first actuator to move the first powered door to the open position when the controller detects a face of a first user in the captured images using facial recognition and recognizes the first user as an authorized first user located in the first door detection zone, and the controller is configured to activate the first actuator to move the first door to the open position when the controller detects a gait of the user and identifies the gait is indicative of an authorized user located in the first door detection zone, wherein the controller activates a second powered door to move the second powered door to the open position when the controller detects a face of a second user in the captured images using facial recognition and recognizes the second user as an authorized second user located in a second door detection zone.