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US 9,544,742 B2Granted
Determining vehicle occupant location
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorJohn Robert Van Wiemeersch
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Abstract
A method includes receiving, in a vehicle computer, a message from a first user device including data concerning movement of the first user portable device. The computer associates the movement data with one of a left vehicle door opening and a right vehicle door opening.
Claims20
A computer, comprising a memory device and a processor storing instructions executable by the processor such that the computer is programmed to:
- receive a message from a first user device including data concerning movement of the first user device;
- associate the movement data with one of a left vehicle door opening and a right vehicle door opening;
- receive a second signal from the first user device;
- evaluate a strength of the second signal;
- determine a location of a first user associated with the first user portable device based at least in part on the strength of the second signal;
- and
- determine that the first user is located in a front row of the vehicle if the strength is greater than or equal to a first predetermined threshold.
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A computer, comprising a memory device and a processor storing instructions executable by the processor such that the computer is programmed to:
- receive a first signal from a first user device located outside a vehicle, the first signal including movement data from sensors included in the first user device;
- identify, from the movement data, a movement characteristic of opening a vehicle door;
- and
- determine, based at least in part on the identified movement, that the user opened one of a left vehicle door and a right vehicle door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.