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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Nikhil Nagraj Rao, Union City, CA (US);
Scott Vincent Myers, Camarillo, CA (US);
Lisa Scaria, Milpitas, CA (US);
Harpreetsingh Banvait, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60Q 1/503 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G08G 1/09675 (2013.01); G08G 1/096716 (2013.01); G08G 1/096741 (2013.01); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01); G08G 1/161 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2530/00 (2013.01); B60W 2550/00 (2013.01); B60W 2550/40 (2013.01); B60W 2550/408 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques pertaining to vehicle occupancy indication and utilization thereof are described. A method may involve determining occupancy information regarding a number of occupants in a vehicle. The method may also involve indicating the occupancy information in either or both of a human-perceivable way and a machine-perceivable way.