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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
James Stewart Rankin, II, Novi, MI (US);
Stephen Ronald Tokish, Sylvania, OH (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Gary Steven Strumolo, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system may include zones associated with respective seating positions of a vehicle and in-vehicle components each associated with at least one of the zones. An in-vehicle component may identify a personal device associated with the zone of the in-vehicle component by identifying a personal device associated with the zone of the in-vehicle component by determining average signal strength between the personal device and the in-vehicle components of each zone, and identifying for which zone the average signal strength is highest, and sending a notification to the personal device responsive to a detected user interaction. A method may include detecting user interaction to an in-vehicle component of a zone; acquiring signal strength intensity information of personal devices from other in-vehicle components of the zone; calculating average signal strengths of the personal devices to the in-vehicle components; associating one of the personal devices to the zone as having a highest average signal strength to the in-vehicle components of the zone; and sending a notification to the one of the personal devices.