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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Thomas Lee Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Eric L. Reed, Livonia, MI (US);
Doron M. Elliott, Detroit, MI (US);
Bridget Chechak, Novi, MI (US);
David Anthony Hatton, Berkley, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
In at least one embodiment, an apparatus including a controller that is electrically coupled to a plurality of transceivers within a vehicle for enabling bi-directional wireless communication via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) between the controller and an occupant communication device (OCD). The controller is further configured to: transmit an advertisement signal indicative of the vehicle being in motion from each transceiver to the OCD via BLE and to receive, at each transceiver, a scan request signal from the OCD via BLE at a first power level. The controller is further configured to determine the location of the OCD in the vehicle in response to receiving the scan request signal at each transceiver at the first power level.