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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Allen Greenberg, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brad Alan Ignaczak, Canton, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Adil Nizam Siddiqui, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Patrick Kevin Holub, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 37/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 37/02 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); B60K 2370/195 (2019.05); B60K 2370/197 (2019.05); B60K 2370/52 (2019.05); B60K 2370/63 (2019.05); B60K 2370/741 (2019.05);
Abstract
A location of a first wearable device is determined based on a first biometric signature. Operation of a touchscreen display is restricted if the location of the first wearable device is in an operator's side of a vehicle cabin and the first wearable device is within a first distance from the display.