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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Thomas Lee Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian Bennie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Andrew D. Sarkisian, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Matthew J. Dalebout, Canton, MI (US);
Lawrence Daniel Cepuran, Northville, MI (US);
Anthony Dwayne Cooprider, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Ronald Patrick Brombach, Plymouth, MI (US);
Kevin Thomas Hille, Plymouth, MI (US);
Karl William Wojcik, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Terry Thomas Cwik, Northville, MI (US);
Scott Alan Watkins, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Shimul Bhuva, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron Lewis Mills, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas Lee Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian Bennie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Andrew D. Sarkisian, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Matthew J. Dalebout, Canton, MI (US);
Lawrence Daniel Cepuran, Northville, MI (US);
Anthony Dwayne Cooprider, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Ronald Patrick Brombach, Plymouth, MI (US);
Kevin Thomas Hille, Plymouth, MI (US);
Karl William Wojcik, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Terry Thomas Cwik, Northville, MI (US);
Scott Alan Watkins, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Shimul Bhuva, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron Lewis Mills, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
In at least one embodiment, a device for controlling one or more vehicle features for a primary driver and a secondary driver is provided. The device comprises at least one controller that is configured to receive at least one driver status signal indicative of the driver being one of the primary driver and the secondary driver and to determine whether the driver of the vehicle is the one of the primary driver and the secondary driver based on the at least one driver status signal. The controller is further configured to control one or more vehicle features and to prevent the one or more vehicle features from being disabled in response to determining that the at least one driver status signal indicates that the driver of the vehicle is the secondary driver.