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US 11,897,403 B2Granted
Group identity-driven system and method for adjusting an adjustable component of a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid Alfred Ostrowski, Leopoldo Urbina, Akshay Dirisala, Elizabeth Anne Manwell, Austin Kirchner
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for supporting and executing automated control of adjustable components of a vehicle based on occupant classification in a group identity database. Methods and systems for generating and employing the group identity database are also disclosed. Occupancy information may be utilized to determine how the group identity database is employed.
Claims19
A method for controlling at least one adjustable component of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting one or more personal mobile devices in the vehicle to determine a current occupancy configuration;
- receiving occupant data via at least one controller, the occupant data including identification information corresponding to at least one occupant of the vehicle;
- identifying, based on the identification information, a plurality of group identity profiles associated with the identification information via the at least one controller, each of the plurality of group identity profiles corresponding to one of a plurality of occupancy configurations;
- determining a current group identity profile of the plurality of group identity profiles based on the current occupancy configuration of the plurality of occupancy configurations via the at least one controller, each of the plurality of group identity profiles including occupancy information corresponding to a number of occupants in the vehicle and an identity of the at least one occupant of the vehicle;
- determining a target position for the at least one adjustable component based on the current group identity profile via the at least one controller;
- communicating, via an adjustment control system, an instruction to position the at least one adjustable component toward the target position;
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- adjusting, via the adjustment control system, the at least one adjustable component toward the target position.
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A system for controlling at least one adjustable component of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- at least one positioning actuator for adjusting the at least one adjustable component;
- an adjustment control system that controls the at least one positioning actuator in response to an instruction;
- an occupancy detection system that detects one or more personal mobile devices in the vehicle to determine a current occupancy configuration of the vehicle;
- at least one controller:
- that receives occupant data, the occupant data including identification information corresponding to at least one occupant of the vehicle;
- that identifies, based on the identification information, a plurality of group identity profiles associated with the identification information, each of the plurality of group identity profiles corresponding to one of a plurality of occupancy configurations;
- that determines a current group identity profile of the plurality of group identity profiles based on the current occupancy configuration of the plurality of occupancy configurations;
- that determines a target position for the at least one adjustable component based on the current group identity profile;
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- that communicates, via the adjustment control system, the instruction to position the at least one adjustable component toward the target position.
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A system for controlling at least one adjustable component of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an adjustment control system that controls at least one positioning actuator in response to an instruction to adjust the at least one adjustable component;
- an occupancy detection system that detects one or more personal mobile devices in the vehicle to determine a current occupancy configuration;
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- a group identity database that applies a machine learning model trained to:
- predict a current group identity profile corresponding to the current occupancy configuration, wherein the current group identity profile includes occupancy information corresponding to a number of occupants in the vehicle and an identity of at least one occupant of the vehicle, wherein the current group identity profile is predicted based on another group identity profile having at least one characteristic similar to the occupancy data;
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- determine, based on the current group identity profile, target position data corresponding to a target position for the at least one adjustable component;
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- at least one controller:
- that receives, from the group identity database, the target position data for the at least one adjustable component;
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- that communicates, via the adjustment control system, the instruction to position the at least one adjustable component toward the target position based on the target position data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.