Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle cabin mobile device sensor system
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Application No.: US15812962Application Date: 2017-11-14
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Publication No.: US10469589B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Paul Mueller , Gregory Farrey
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Michael J. Spenner
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; H01Q1/32 ; H01Q13/20 ; B60N2/02 ; H04L29/08 ; B60N2/00

Abstract:
A vehicle includes at least one and/or one or more in-vehicle and/or onboard controller(s) that is/are coupled to spaced apart sensor groups that are arrayed within a headliner and/or seats of the vehicle cabin. Each sensor group generally corresponds to and/or with a plurality of and/or one or more seat positions, each having a single seat, and which include a driver zone seat position that has a driver seat. Each sensor group in the array includes at least one signal processor, and a plurality of transceivers, antennas, and/or sensors configured for and tuned to different electromagnetic frequencies and/or powers. Also included are electromagnetically active, directional waveguides that adjust, amplify, and/or attenuate the sensitivity of each of the respective antennas, to electromagnetic energy detected and received from mobile devices located in the vehicle cabin, such that the sensitivity is limited to electromagnetic emissions within a limited effective range for each antenna.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190149612A1 VEHICLE CABIN MOBILE DEVICE SENSOR SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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