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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Paul Anthon Mueller, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
John Dolinsky, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas Eric Svenson, Novi, MI (US);
Gregory William Farrey, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Boris Gorovets, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Timothy Smith, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle mobile device usage monitoring with a cell phone usage sensor. An example disclosed vehicle includes a cellphone usage sensor and a communication enforcer. The example cellphone usage sensor monitors a detection area around a driver's seat. The example communication enforcer changes an operation of the vehicle when the cellphone usage sensor detects usage of a mobile device within the detection area, a communication management feature is enabled, and the mobile device is not communicatively coupled to a wireless module of the vehicle.