发明授权
- 专利标题: System and method for monitoring the location of a communication device in a vehicle
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申请号: US13117730申请日: 2011-05-27
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公开(公告)号: US09769297B2公开(公告)日: 2017-09-19
- 发明人: Thomas Lee Miller , Robert Bruce Kleve
- 申请人: Thomas Lee Miller , Robert Bruce Kleve
- 申请人地址: US MI Dearborn
- 专利权人: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- 当前专利权人: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- 当前专利权人地址: US MI Dearborn
- 代理机构: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- 代理商 Jennifer M. Stec
- 主分类号: B60R11/02
- IPC分类号: B60R11/02 ; H04M1/60 ; H04M1/67 ; H04M1/725 ; H04W4/02
摘要:
In at least one embodiment, a system for locating a personal communication device (PCD) in a vehicle is provided. The system includes a controller that is configured to receive a first signal indicative of a location of at least one PCD in a vehicle and to determine whether the at least one PCD is located within one of a driver zone and a passenger zone. The driver zone corresponds to a location in the vehicle generally occupied by a driver and the passenger zone corresponds to a location in the vehicle generally occupied by at least one passenger. The controller is further configured to receive a second signal indicative of at least one occupant being positioned in at least one of the driver zone and the passenger zone and to store data corresponding to a modified driver zone that includes the driver zone and at least a portion of the passenger zone in response to determining that the at least one PCD is located in the driver zone and the second signal indicating that a first occupant is in the driver zone and a second occupant is not detected within the passenger zone.