Systems and methods for delivering discrete autonomous in-vehicle notifications

US10106080B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ali Hassani · Ann Arbor, US
• Michael Hrecznyj · Livonia, US
• Erick Michael Lavoie · Dearborn, US
• Alyssa Chatten · Royal Oak, US
• Thomas Joseph Hermann · Iserlohn, DE
• John Robert Van Wiemeersch · Harper Woods, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/024
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus are disclosed for providing discrete autonomous notifications to a passenger of a vehicle. An example vehicle includes a plurality of seats, a plurality of audio transducers, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine a passenger seat corresponding to a passenger having a predetermined destination, determine a notification based on the predetermined destination, and transmit, via one or more of the plurality of audio transducers, a notification to the passenger based on a determined passenger head position.