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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2022
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

Brendan Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);

Taras Palczynski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Erik William Soderlind, Harrison Township, MI (US);

James Robert Chascsa, II, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Lucretia Williams, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 1/181 (2006.01); B62D 1/187 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/187 (2013.01); B62D 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 1/181 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a cabin interior, a steering wheel assembly comprising a steering column, a steering wheel and an actuator configured to move the steering handle amongst a plurality of positions, and at least one sensor for sensing a user proximate to the vehicle and generating sensed data based on the sensed user. The vehicle also includes a controller determining one or more characteristics of the user from the sensed data and controlling the actuator to actuate the steering wheel to one of the plurality of positions based on the determined one or more characteristics of the user.


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