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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mahmoud A. Abou-Nasr, Canton, MI (US);
Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ryan Lee Baker, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Timothy Mark Feldkamp, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Arun Dutta, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a driver identification fusion module programmed to receive a confidence level from a plurality of identification modules. Each confidence level indicates the likelihood that a driver of a vehicle is a particular person. The driver identification fusion module is programmed to aggregate the confidences levels received from the plurality of identification modules and output an aggregated confidence level signal representing an identity of the driver based at least in part on the confidence levels received from the plurality of identification modules.