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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 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 comprises user inputs, a monitoring system for detecting and monitoring a pet within the vehicle, and a controller processing signals generated by the monitoring system and determining a location of the pet based on the monitored signals. The controller controls activation of the user input controls based on the determined location of the pet to disable an operating mode of one or more of the user inputs when the pet is detected proximate to the user inputs.