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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
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);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
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.