US 12,482,314 B2
Security card tracking and advisory system for motor vehicle
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); Jeffrey R. Seaman, Petersburg, MI (US); Eugene Karpinsky, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Brendan F. Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US); Annette L. Huebner, Highland, MI (US); John R. Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US); and Adil Nizam Siddiqui, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Deaborn, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/522,653.
Prior Publication US 2025/0174061 A1, May 29, 2025
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01)
CPC G07C 9/00309 (2013.01) [G06V 20/59 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automotive vehicle with a passenger compartment, the automotive vehicle comprising:
a near-field communication (NFC) reader defining a touchpoint in the passenger compartment configured to communicate with a token carried by a user of the automotive vehicle to authorize access to predetermined functions of the automotive vehicle when the token is presented to the touchpoint;
an image sensor configured to capture images within the passenger compartment;
a tracking controller coupled to the image sensor and the NFC reader, wherein the tracking controller is configured to track a location of the token in the captured images after the token is presented to the touchpoint and beginning while the token is proximate the NFC reader, and configured to identify one or more predetermined carrier locations associated with the user which can remain with the user when the user exits the automotive vehicle; and
a user interface coupled to the tracking controller and configured to generate a message to the user as a reminder when the tracking controller determines that the token has not been detected to have been returned to an identified predetermined carrier location after the token is presented to the touchpoint.