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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2012
Applicants:

Victor B. Lortz, Beaverton, OR (US);

Branislav Kveton, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Vijay Sarathi Kesavan, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Somya Rathi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Anand P. Rangarajan, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Inventors:

Victor B. Lortz, Beaverton, OR (US);

Branislav Kveton, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Vijay Sarathi Kesavan, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Somya Rathi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Anand P. Rangarajan, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/00 (2013.01); B60R 25/25 (2013.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/00 (2013.01); B60R 16/037 (2013.01); B60R 25/25 (2013.01); B60R 25/257 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0075 (2013.01); B60W 2540/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for identifying an occupant of a vehicle as an authorized user and managing settings and configurations of vehicle components based on personal preferences of the authorized user includes detecting occupant characteristics from multiple sensors, determining whether the occupant is an authorized user of the vehicle based on a comparison of the occupant characteristics with a user database including registered user profiles, and automatically adjusting vehicle cabin and/or control components based on personal preferences of the occupant identified as a registered user.


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