Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle ride sharing system and method using smart modules
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Application No.: US15227940Application Date: 2016-08-03
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Publication No.: US11599833B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Pietro Buttolo , Stuart C. Salter , James Stewart Rankin, II , James J. Surman , Annette Lynn Huebner , Jeffrey A. Wallace , Cornel Lewis Gardner
- 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 Joseph Zane
- Main IPC: G06Q10/02
- IPC: G06Q10/02 ; G06Q10/0631 ; G01C21/34 ; G06Q10/109

Abstract:
A vehicle sharing system includes a vehicle having interior transceiver modules associated with different passenger seating areas and a vehicle computing system (VCS) including a processor and a memory in communication with the modules and programmed to detect occupancy status of each seating area based on signals from the modules and to communicate the occupancy statuses to a remote server to facilitate scheduling of ride-sharing passengers for a specified seating area of the vehicle. The reserved seating location may be used to align the seating location/door with a passenger during pick-up, adjust vehicle accessory settings associated with the reserved seating location, and activate a visual indicator to direct the passenger to the assigned/reserved seating location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180039917A1 VEHICLE RIDE SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SMART MODULES Public/Granted day:2018-02-08
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