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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Cuddihy, New Boston, MI (US);
Dilip Patel, Novi, MI (US);
Mark Andre Zielinski, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Karthikeyan Sadatsharan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Locating systems and methods for wireless seat belt monitoring in vehicles with removable or reconfigurable seats are provided herein. An example remote transceiver can be centrally located on a seat that is configured to be rearranged within a vehicle. The remote transceiver can include a processor and memory for storing instructions that include a unique code identifying the remote transceiver. The processor executes the instructions to receive low power signals from transmitters within an interior of the vehicle, determine received signal strength values of the low power signals. The received signal strength values are used by the vehicle receiver to determine a location of the remote transceiver within the vehicle.