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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Cuddihy, New Boston, MI (US);
Eric L. Reed, Livonia, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Thomas Lee Miller, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/02525 (2020.05); G01S 5/0226 (2013.01); G01S 5/0252 (2013.01); G01S 5/0257 (2013.01); G01S 5/0284 (2013.01); G01S 5/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a plurality of wireless transmitters and a processor configured to: receive, from a mobile device, signal strengths of signals from the wireless transmitters as detected by the mobile device. The processor is also configured to determine a location of the mobile device in a vehicle, based on a distance from the mobile device to each of the wireless transmitters, as indicated by the received signal strengths and store the location of the mobile device as an occupant location.