# US 12,010,183 B2 · Identification of vehicle occupants in a vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,183 B2 - Document ID: US12010183B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/522,733 - Filed: 2021-11-09 - Published: 2022-03-03 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-29 - Assignees: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Magnus Nilsson; Jonathan Johansson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010183B2 ## CPC - H04L 67/306: User profiles - H04W 4/48: for in-vehicle communication - B60R 25/2081: {combined with personal settings of other vehicle devices, e.g. mirrors, seats, steering wheels} - B60R 2325/101: Bluetooth® - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A method for managing vehicle occupant profiles includes detecting an unidentified radio device associated with a vehicle occupant, and localizing the radio device to a seat position. The method further includes updating an available vehicle occupant profile of the vehicle occupant with the detected and localized at least one unidentified radio device when other identified radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant are detected and localized to the seat position occupied by the vehicle occupant, establishing a new vehicle occupant profile of the vehicle occupant with the detected and localized at least one unidentified radio device when no other identified radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant are detected and localized to the seat position occupied by the vehicle occupant, and assigning a probability value to the updated or established vehicle occupant profile. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for managing vehicle occupant profiles in a vehicle comprising at least one transceiver for receiving radio signals wherein a vehicle occupant is associated with at least one unidentified radio device for verification against a vehicle occupant profile, the method comprising the following steps: detecting, by the at least one transceiver, the at least one unidentified radio device associated with the vehicle occupant, localizing, by at least one sensor in the vehicle, the detected at least one unidentified radio device to a seat position in the vehicle occupied by the vehicle occupant of which the detected at least one unidentified radio device is associated with, updating an available vehicle occupant profile of the vehicle occupant with the detected and localized at least one unidentified radio device when other identified radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant are detected and localized to the seat position occupied by the vehicle occupant, establishing a new vehicle occupant profile of the vehicle occupant with the detected and localized at least one unidentified radio device when no other identified radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant are detected and localized to the seat position occupied by the vehicle occupant, and assigning a probability value to the updated or established vehicle occupant profile. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: determining the probability value of the vehicle occupant profile based on the number of times a collection of radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant has been detected and localized. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the probability value comprises an indication that the collection of radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant is accurately identified. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle occupant profile comprises an authorization level based on the collection of radio devices and/or the probability value assigned to the vehicle occupant profile. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the radio device is capable of providing a unique identification signal or wherein the vehicle is capable of distinguishing a signal from the radio device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising updating the available vehicle occupant profile of the vehicle occupant with information of the at least one unidentified radio device when at least one identified radio device of which information is comprised in the vehicle occupant profile also is detected by the at least one transceiver and localized by the at least one sensor in the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising establishing the vehicle occupant profile of the vehicle occupant with information of the at least unidentified radio device when no other identified radio devices are detected by the at least one transceiver or localized by the at least one sensor in the vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the updating and/or the establishing further comprises requesting a control unit for addition of the detected at least one unidentified radio device to the vehicle occupant profile. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of: determining a position of the at least one unidentified radio device relative to the vehicle based on signals received by the at least one transceiver. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium, having thereon a computer program comprising program instructions, the computer program being loadable into a data processing unit and configured to cause execution of the method according to claim 1 when the computer program is run by the data processing unit. ### Claim 11 An arrangement for managing vehicle occupant profiles in a vehicle comprising at least one transceiver for receiving radio signals wherein a vehicle occupant is associated with at least one unidentified radio device for verification against a vehicle occupant profile comprising: a memory comprising executable instructions, one or more processors configured to communicate with the memory wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the arrangement to: detect, by the at least one transceiver, the at least one unidentified radio device associated with the vehicle occupant, localize, by at least one sensor in the vehicle, the detected at least one unidentified radio device to a seat position in the vehicle occupied by the vehicle occupant of which the detected at least one unidentified radio device is associated with, update an available vehicle occupant profile of the vehicle occupant with the detected and localized at least one unidentified radio device when other identified radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant are detected and localized to the seat position occupied by the vehicle occupant, establish a new vehicle occupant profile of the vehicle occupant with the detected and localized at least one unidentified radio device when no other identified radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant are detected and localized to the seat position occupied by the vehicle occupant, and assign a probability value to the updated or established vehicle occupant profile. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are configured to further cause the arrangement to: determine the probability value of the vehicle occupant profile based on the number of times a collection of radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant has been detected and localized. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The arrangement according to claim 11, further comprising a vehicle occupant profile system comprising at least one vehicle occupant profile wherein the vehicle occupant profile comprises information regarding a vehicle occupant, at least one identified radio device, and a probability value and wherein the at least one identified radio device makes up a collection of radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant for verification against the vehicle occupant profile. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) A vehicle comprising the arrangement according to claim 11. ### Claim 15 A system for managing vehicle occupant profiles in a vehicle comprising at least one transceiver for receiving radio signals wherein a vehicle occupant is associated with at least one unidentified radio device for verification against a vehicle occupant profile, comprising: a detecting module configured to detect, by the at least one transceiver, the at least one unidentified radio device associated with the vehicle occupant, a localizing module configured to localize, by at least one sensor in the vehicle, the detected at least one unidentified radio device to a seat position in the vehicle occupied by the vehicle occupant of which the detected at least one unidentified radio device is associated with, an updating module configured to update an available vehicle occupant profile of the vehicle occupant with the detected and localized at least one unidentified radio device when other identified radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant are detected and localized to the seat position occupied by the vehicle occupant, an establishing module configured to establish a new vehicle occupant profile of the vehicle occupant with the detected and localized at least one unidentified radio device when no other identified radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant are detected and localized to the seat position occupied by the vehicle occupant, and an assigning module configured to assign a probability value to the updated or established vehicle occupant profile. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system according to claim 15, wherein the system further comprises: a determining module configured to determine the probability value of the vehicle occupant profile based on the number of times a collection of radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant has been detected and localized.