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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Steven Taylor, Atlanta, GA (US);
James Ronald Barfield, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60H 1/00735 (2013.01); B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/00757 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer device may include logic configured to detect a wake up event that wakes the computer device from an idle mode, wherein the wake up event indicates that a user is getting ready to use a vehicle; obtain accelerometer data from an accelerometer, associated with the vehicle, during a time period that includes the wake up event; determine a number of door slam events during the time period based on the obtained accelerometer data; and determine a number of people in the vehicle based on the determined number of door slam events.