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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Benjamin Solomon Richer, Arlington, VA (US);
Adam Carlson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Peter Phung, Windsor, CA;
Hussein H. Berry, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/65 (2024.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/14 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60N 2/14 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06V 20/593 (2022.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/65 (2024.01); B60K 2360/149 (2024.01); B60N 2/0268 (2023.08); B60W 2040/0881 (2013.01); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02);
Abstract
A vehicle component is identified based on a gaze direction of an occupant in a vehicle seat. A first direction of the vehicle seat is determined relative to a forward-facing direction of a vehicle. A second direction is determined from the vehicle seat to the vehicle component. Then, the vehicle seat is rotated based on an angle between the first direction and the second direction.