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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ali Hassani, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Hrecznyj, Livonia, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Alyssa Chatten, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Thomas Joseph Hermann, Troy, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for providing discrete autonomous notifications to a passenger of a vehicle. An example vehicle includes a plurality of seats, a plurality of audio transducers, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine a passenger seat corresponding to a passenger having a predetermined destination, determine a notification based on the predetermined destination, and transmit, via one or more of the plurality of audio transducers, a notification to the passenger based on a determined passenger head position.