Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Shimul Bhuva

John Robert Van Wiemeersch

Thomas Lee Miller

Aaron Lewis Mills

Kevin Thomas Hille

Anthony Dwayne Cooprider

Karl Wojcik

Ronald Patrick Brombach

Brian Bennie

Lawrence Daniel Cepuran

Scott Alan Watkins

Terry Thomas Cwik

Andrew D Sarkisian

Matthew J Dalebout

Ronald Patrick Bromnach

Primary and secondary keys are adapted to be associated to primary and secondary drivers. A key ignition device is positioned on each of the primary and secondary keys and is configured to generate a driver status signal indicative of whether the driver the primary driver or the secondary driver. A controller is operably coupled to the key ignition device. The controller is adapted to determine whether the driver is the primary driver or the secondary driver. The controller is adapted to generate a position notification signal indicative of the position of the object with respect to the vehicle. The controller is adapted to notify the primary and secondary drivers of the position of the object. The controller is adapted to selectively control the operation of generating the position notification signals based on whether the driver is the primary driver or the secondary driver.

System and method for controlling object detection based on driver status

In at least one embodiment, a device for controlling one or more vehicle features for a primary driver and a secondary driver is provided. The device comprises at least one controller that is configured to receive at least one driver status signal indicative of the driver being one of the primary driver and the secondary driver and to determine whether the driver of the vehicle is the one of the primary driver and the secondary driver based on the at least one driver status signal. The controller is further configured to control one or more vehicle features and to prevent the one or more vehicle features from being disabled in response to determining that the at least one driver status signal indicates that the driver of the vehicle is the secondary driver.

System and method for controlling one or more vehicle features based on driver status

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