US 11,697,394 B2
Vehicle security systems and methods
Kiril Spasovski, Dearborn, MI (US); Shounak Athavale, Dearborn, MI (US); Flavia Rodrigues, Dearborn, MI (US); and Anuja Anil Shirsat, Dearborn, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Appl. No. 16/640,140
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 29, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/049162
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/045694, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0238953 A1, Jul. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. H04N 5/44 (2011.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/30 (2013.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01)
CPC B60R 25/31 (2013.01) [B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/305 (2013.01); B60W 60/00253 (2020.02); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); B60R 2300/8006 (2013.01); B60W 2540/22 (2013.01); B60W 2540/221 (2020.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a vehicle security system and from a first user, a destination and a driving route to the destination for an autonomous vehicle to follow while transporting a passenger, the passenger requiring guardianship upon arriving at the destination;
identifying, by the vehicle security system, a passkey associated with the driving route;
communicating the passkey to a user designated to meet the autonomous vehicle at the destination;
confirming, by the vehicle security system, that the user designated to meet the autonomous vehicle possesses the passkey; and
unlocking doors of the autonomous vehicle at the destination responsive to confirming that the user designated to meet the autonomous vehicle possesses the passkey and is at the destination in order to allow the user designated to meet the autonomous vehicle to take custody of the passenger.