US 12,263,811 B2
Object detection system for a vehicle
Geoffrey David Gaither, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Allison McGowan, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Nathan Westover, New Hudson, MI (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC, Plano, TX (US); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/830,520.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391290 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 25/31 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/04 (2013.01); B60R 25/10 (2013.01); B60R 25/30 (2013.01)
CPC B60R 25/31 (2013.01) [B60R 25/016 (2013.01); B60R 25/04 (2013.01); B60R 25/10 (2013.01); B60R 25/1001 (2013.01); B60R 25/307 (2013.01); B60R 2025/1016 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle system of a vehicle, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory memory comprising a set of instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:
cause a dynamic detection, in an ambient environment of the vehicle, of a presence of one or more persons within a predetermined threshold distance of the vehicle;
cause a dynamic detection of one or more biometric attributes of the detected one or more persons, wherein the one or more biometric attributes include a height value of the one or more persons; and
automatically control the vehicle in response to dynamically executing a biometric attribute analysis of the one or more biometric attributes by
enabling a vehicle engine and automatically activating a vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system when the height value is greater than a threshold,
disabling activation of the vehicle engine, and one or more of locking doors of the vehicle or closing windows of the vehicle when the height value is less than the threshold, and
disabling activation of the vehicle engine, and automatically activating the vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system when the height value is below the threshold and the one or more persons gains access to a passenger cabin of the vehicle.