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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Inventor:
Otman A Basir, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/26 (2006.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/26 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one disclosed embodiment, a portable user-carried device includes wireless communication circuitry capable of determining a relative direction of a wireless signal in a vehicle. A processor may be programmed to determine a location of the device within a vehicle based upon the relative direction of the wireless signal as determined by the wireless communication circuitry. In a disclosed method for activating a function in a vehicle, a state of a user-carried portable device is determined. A function is activated based upon the state of the user-carried portable device.