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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:
Aug. 23, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2021
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Markus Krekel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE;

Karolina Skiba, Canton, MI (US);

Eric Reed, Livonia, MI (US);

Sneha Bagga, Pleasonton, CA (US);

Adithya Ramachandran, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Ghassan El-hosseiny, Dearborn, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44 (2011.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60Q 1/46 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60Q 1/46 (2013.01); B60Q 5/00 (2013.01); G06V 20/586 (2022.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for driver presence and position detection are disclosed herein. A method can include determining whether a vehicle is in an open area or an enclosed area, determining that a key of the vehicle is no longer present inside the vehicle and an ignition of the vehicle is on, suppressing or delaying a warning message that indicates that the key of the vehicle is no longer present inside the vehicle and the vehicle is in the open area, and providing the warning message when the vehicle is in the enclosed area.


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