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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
May. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Patrick Lawrence Jackson Van Hoecke, Dearborn, MI (US);
Omar Makke, Lyno Township, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Hamid M. Golgiri, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/24 (2006.01); B60N 2/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/06 (2013.01); B60N 2/242 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60N 2/0232 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0256 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0268 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user destination is identified based on received location information from a user. A first seat in a vehicle is assigned to the user based on the user destination. At least one of the first seat and a second seat in the vehicle is moved upon user entry until a distance between the first seat and the second seat is greater than a distance threshold.