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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2018
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;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
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.