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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
May. 04, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Hussein H. Berry, Dearborn, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
Marguerite Lynn Kimball, Brighton, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Gregory Paul Thomas, Canton, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle body defining a cabin interior, a plurality of seats located within the cabin interior, each seat having an adjustable seat base and an adjustable seat back, a monitoring system for detecting and monitoring a pet within the cabin interior, and a controller processing signals generated by the monitoring system and determining a location of the pet based on the monitored signals, the controller further controlling at least one of the adjustable seat base and adjustable seat back of a seat based on the determined location of the pet so that the seat is configured to accommodate the pet.