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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2019
Applicant:

Voxx International Corporation, Hauppauge, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert A. Dekovich, Sterling Heights, MI (US);

Joseph Santavicca, Macomb, MI (US);

Tristen Kyle Pierson, Rochester, MI (US);

Benson James Brady, Detroit, MI (US);

Assignee:

VOXX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Hauppauge, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); H04B 17/27 (2015.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/029 (2018.02); B60R 25/245 (2013.01); H04B 17/27 (2015.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle system may include a wireless transmitters carried by a vehicle at spaced apart locations and configured to transmit wireless signals, and a portable device moveable relative to the vehicle and configured to receive the wireless signals from the wireless transmitters. A controller may be carried by the vehicle and configured to wirelessly communicate with the portable device, determine a predicted zone the portable device is located in from among a plurality of zones relative to the vehicle based upon the received wireless signals and training data, with the zones having respective vehicle functions associated therewith, and enable the respective vehicle function associated with the predicted zone.


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