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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Syed Amaar Ahmad, Canton, MI (US);
Ivan Vukovic, Birmingham, MI (US);
John Walpuck, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Jayanthi Rao, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Jovan Zagajac, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for connected vehicle and mobile device communications are provided herein. An example method includes determining a distracted condition for at least one of a driver or a pedestrian by evaluating actions occurring within in a vehicle of the driver or on a mobile device of the pedestrian; determining a distraction level for either the driver or the pedestrian based on the actions occurring within in the vehicle or on the mobile device; and providing an alert message to the mobile device or a human machine interface of the vehicle based on the distraction level, the alert message warning of a distracted condition of the pedestrian or the driver.