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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jalal Jawany, Canton, MI (US);
Vivekanandh Elangovan, Canton, MI (US);
Ali Hassani, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Patricia Seashore, Dearborn, MI (US);
Timothy Thivierge, Jr., Carleton, MI (US);
Yasmin Jawad, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for dead zone mitigation for a passive entry system of a vehicle. An example vehicle includes antenna modules to measure signal strengths of broadcasts from a mobile device. The example vehicle also includes a wireless module to, when the mobile device is in a dead zone, generate first and second predictors and enable passive entry when the first and second predictors match and indicate that the mobile device is in a passive entry zone, and a sensor detects a user. The example vehicle also includes a body control module to unlock a door when passive entry is enabled.