Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, systems, and vehicles for disabling a function of one or more mobile devices within a passenger cabin of a vehicle
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Application No.: US15174430Application Date: 2016-06-06
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Publication No.: US09912802B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Michael J. Wolterman
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US KY Erlanger
- Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Erlanger
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/725
- IPC: H04M1/725 ; H04W4/04 ; H04W8/22

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and vehicles for disabling a function of one or more mobile devices within a passenger cabin of a vehicle. A method of disabling a function of one or more mobile devices within a passenger cabin of a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes determining a number of occupants within the passenger cabin based on one or more occupant sensor output signals output by one or more occupant sensors. A disable message is sent to disable a function of the one or more mobile devices in the passenger cabin when the number of occupants present in the passenger cabin is determined to be one. A disable message is sent to disable a function of only the one or more mobile devices associated with a driver of the vehicle when the number of occupants present in the passenger cabin is determined to be greater than one.
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