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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Edwin Hanson, Livonia, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/146 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); G06V 20/593 (2022.01); B60W 2040/0881 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0075 (2013.01); B60W 2300/185 (2013.01); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02);
Abstract
Systems and methods for driver presence and position detection are disclosed herein. A method can include determining a presence and a position of a driver in a sensing zone of a vehicle using a sensor platform integrated into the vehicle, determining when the position of the driver indicates that the driver is not in a fully-seated position relative to a driver's seat of the vehicle, and selectively adjusting a vehicle parameter of the vehicle based on the driver not being in a fully-seated position.