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Patent No.:

US 10604067 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2018

System and method for controlling vehicle seating arrangement

Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Margaux Krause, Pinckney, MI (US);

Chadd Price, Livonia, MI (US);

Assignees:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Attorneys:

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Peter F. Corless

Primary Examiner:

Kerri L McNally

Assistant Examiner:

Thang D Tran

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); B60R 25/20 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2669 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 25/20 (2013.01); G01C 21/343 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for controlling a vehicle seating arrangement can include: detecting a current seat occupancy in a vehicle using a plurality of sensors installed in the vehicle; identifying a seat of the vehicle for a future passenger to occupy based on the detected current seat occupancy; unlocking, by an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle, a door of the vehicle adjacent to the identified seat; and activating, by the ECU, a light of the vehicle proximate to the identified seat.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Krause, Margaux. (2020). System and method for controlling vehicle seating arrangement (U.S. Patent No. 10604067). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10604067

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