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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
James Stewart Rankin, II, Novi, MI (US);
Jeffrey A. Wallace, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Jeroen Lem, Maastricht, NL;
Carsten Starke, Zuid, NL;
Volker Scheer, Roetgen, DE;
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a plurality of wireless transceivers deployed in a vehicle cabin and a processor configured to receive a relay signal from a transceiver, including a device identification and a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) associated with a device signal. The processor is also configured to use the RSSI and device identification, associated with a single device, included in relay signals from multiple transceivers to determine a device location and store the device location and corresponding possessor identification and location in memory.