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US 10,832,178 B2Granted
Vehicle boarding confirmation
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPramita Mitra, Pietro Buttolo, Basavaraj Tonshal, Gary Steven Strumolo, Qianyi Wang, Kelley Lee Zechel, Brian Nash, Theodore Wingrove
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Abstract
A system includes a vehicle computer that is programmed to wirelessly broadcast one or more actions included in boarding of a vehicle, and receive, from a mobile device, confirmation that the one or more actions are completed. The vehicle computer is programmed to actuate a vehicle component based on the received confirmation.
Claims15
A system, comprising a vehicle computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- wirelessly broadcast a predetermined sequence of a plurality of actions to be physically completed by a passenger to board a vehicle, the plurality of actions including passing through one or more specified vehicle openings and moving toward a vehicle seat;
- receive, from a mobile device, confirmation that the plurality of actions are completed by the passenger according to the predetermined sequence, the confirmation based on mobile device sensor data collected by the mobile device;
- and
- actuate a vehicle component based on the received confirmation.
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A method, comprising:
- wirelessly broadcasting a predetermined sequence of a plurality of actions to be physically completed by a passenger to board a vehicle, the plurality of actions including passing through one or more specified vehicle openings and moving toward a vehicle seat;
- receiving, from a mobile device, confirmation that the plurality of actions are completed by the passenger according to the predetermined sequence, the confirmation based on mobile device sensor data collected by the mobile device;
- and
- actuating a vehicle component based on the received confirmation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.