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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Pramita Mitra, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Basavaraj Tonshal, Northville, MI (US);
Qianyi Wang, Allen Park, MI (US);
Gary Steven Strumolo, Canton, MI (US);
Kelly Lee Zechel, Plymouth, MI (US);
Brian Nash, Northville, MI (US);
Theodore Wingrove, Plymouth, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle occupant messaging system includes a communication tag located in a buckle of a vehicle seatbelt assembly and configured to wirelessly transmit signals, to a mobile device, representing a location of a passenger using the mobile device in a host vehicle. The system further includes a communication transceiver programmed to transmit messages to the mobile device and a system processor programmed to generate the messages to the mobile device, the messages identifying the location of the passenger.