Patent ID: 11960621
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 16:
17. A system for protecting privacy of one or more occupants of an autonomous vehicle, the system comprising:
a memory that stores computer-executable instructions; and
a processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to:
cause the autonomous vehicle to operate in a first operating mode in response to a triggering event, wherein operate in the first operating mode includes capturing first image data corresponding to video of an interior of the autonomous vehicle via one or more cameras integrated with the autonomous vehicle;
switch from the first operating mode of the vehicle to a second operating mode of the vehicle based on usage patterns, a pre-determined policy, or manual adjustments by one of the one or more occupants of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the first operating mode is a normal mode and the second operating mode is a privacy mode;
operate the autonomous vehicle in the second operating mode, wherein operate the autonomous vehicle in the second operating mode comprises:
cause the one or more cameras integrated with the autonomous vehicle to continuously capture second image data corresponding to video of the interior of the autonomous vehicle;
transform the second image data to remove personal identification information of the one or more occupants of the autonomous vehicle;
cause a display integrated with the autonomous vehicle to display the transformed image data;
compare observed behavior of the one or more occupants provided in the transformed image data with a database in order to identify a concern;
audibly request a response from the one or more occupants based on the concern; and
responsive to not receiving the response from the one or more occupants, deploy a mitigation strategy based on the concern.