Detection device

A method of using a detection device, comprising:

• identifying a driver zone that includes a front driver seat of a vehicle and a front passenger seat of the vehicle, the front passenger seat being adjacent to the front driver seat of the vehicle;
• identifying a reduced driver zone within the vehicle that excludes the front passenger seat;
• receiving, with an antenna, electromagnetic signals from a plurality of antennae located within an interior of a vehicle;
• the antenna communicatively coupled with at least one controller circuit;
• the at least one controller circuit included in at least one detection module that is communicatively coupled with a communication device;
• determining, with the at least one controller circuit and based on the electromagnetic signals received by the antenna, a position of the communication device within the interior of the vehicle relative to locations of the plurality of antennae;
• detecting whether the front passenger seat is occupied;
• detecting whether the communication device is within the driver zone or the reduced driver zone;
• and
• responsive to detecting that the front passenger seat is unoccupied and that the communication device is within the driver zone, inhibiting at least some function of the communication device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to:

• identify a driver zone that includes a front driver seat of a vehicle and a front passenger seat of the vehicle, the front passenger seat being adjacent to the front driver seat of the vehicle;
• identify a reduced driver zone within the vehicle that excludes the front passenger seat;
• determine, based on electromagnetic signals received by at least one antenna, a position of a communication device within an interior of the vehicle relative to locations of a plurality of antennae;
• detect whether the front passenger seat is occupied;
• detect whether the communication device is within the driver zone or the reduced driver zone;
• and
• responsive to detecting that the front passenger seat is unoccupied and that the communication device is within the driver zone, inhibit at least some function of the communication device.