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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jialiang Le, Canton, MI (US);
Robert William McCoy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Saeed David Barbat, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60R 22/04 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01544 (2014.10); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60R 21/01532 (2014.10); B60R 21/01534 (2014.10); B60R 21/01536 (2014.10); B60R 21/01554 (2014.10); B60R 22/04 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01272 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01286 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computing device in a vehicle can be programmed to receive an occupant position measurement from at least one of an acoustic and a light sensor, determine an estimated occupant size based on occupant weight, estimate a vehicle seat position based on the occupant position measurement, and, control a vehicle occupant safety device based on the estimated occupant size and estimated vehicle seat position.