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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2012
David T. Proefke, Troy, MI (US);
Charles J. Bongiorno, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ron Y. Asmar, Southfield, MI (US);
Aaron P. Creguer, Otter Lake, MI (US);
David T. Proefke, Troy, MI (US);
Charles J. Bongiorno, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ron Y. Asmar, Southfield, MI (US);
Aaron P. Creguer, Otter Lake, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Passive verification of operator presence in handling requests for vehicle includes initiating activation of a power-operated vehicle component that is subject to a supervised control mechanism. The activation is initiated in response to a request from an operator-controlled device. The passive verification also includes verifying a presence of the operator-controlled device indicative of a presence of an operator of a vehicle, transmitting intermittent signals to the operator-controlled device, monitoring response signals received in response to the intermittent signals, and continuing activation of the power-operated vehicle component until the activation is complete so long as the response signals are received responsive to the monitoring.