US 12,434,665 B2
Vehicle door-off fob search
Paul Candiago, Windsor (CA); Adithya Ramachandran, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Alejandro Valencia Priego, Rochester Hills, MI (US); and Sneha Bagga, Pleasanton, CA (US)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on May 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/658,234.
Application 18/658,234 is a continuation of application No. 17/087,411, filed on Nov. 2, 2020, granted, now 12,005,858.
Prior Publication US 2024/0308467 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/10 (2013.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01); B60R 25/34 (2013.01)
CPC B60R 25/24 (2013.01) [B60R 25/10 (2013.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01); B60R 25/34 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
one or more sensors configured to detect whether a seat of the vehicle is occupied and whether a door of the vehicle is absent;
one or more transceivers; and
one or more controllers programmed to, responsive to data from the one or more sensors indicating the seat is not occupied and the door is absent, command the one or more transceivers to output radio frequency signals such that the one or more transceivers output the radio frequency signals.