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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mansoor Nasir, Canton, MI (US);
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
Rami Al Khatib, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring user behavior while wearing a virtual reality device within a vehicle are provided. A vehicle may detect presence of a user wearing a virtual reality device within the vehicle. The vehicle may also detect presence of other users in the vehicle. The vehicle may determine the location of the user with respect to the vehicle dimensions and with respect to the other users. The vehicle may determine a virtual bounding box for the user based on the gathered information. Thereafter, the vehicle may monitor the user motion to determine whether the user is breaching the boundaries of the virtual bounding box. If at any point the user physically breaches the boundaries of the virtual bounding box due to his motion, the vehicle may generate an alert notifying the user that his motion may inconvenience other fellow passengers and/or impede with the operation of the vehicle.