Patent ID: 11919479
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
determining, at a first time, a first set of points on an interior surface of a load space of a vehicle with a radar of the vehicle which is disposed in the load space, wherein the radar generates a point cloud representing the interior surface of the load space, wherein the first set of points includes static reference points;
determining, at a second time, a second set of points on the interior surface of the load space of the vehicle with the radar, wherein the second set of points includes a first set of dynamic points that are determined with respect to the static reference points; and
identifying, based on the first set of dynamic points being within a threshold distance of one another, the first set of dynamic points as a cluster, thereby indicating an intrusion into the load space without deformation of any body panels of the vehicle.