Universal bus in the car
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1. A method, comprising:
- separating a vehicle into one or more zones;
automatically determining a person is within a zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle;
automatically identifying the person within the zone of the vehicle in response to determining that a person is within the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle;
referring to a data structure associated with the identified person in response to identifying the person, wherein the data structure is configured to store at least one user-configurable gesture unique to the identified person and associated with the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle;
determining if there is a user-configurable gesture to be stored for the identified person and for the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle; and
storing the user-configurable gesture for the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle in the data structure associated with the identified person.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system to recognize the drivers and/or passengers within the automobile. Based on the recognition, the vehicle may change a configuration of the automobile to match predetermined preferences for the driver and/or passenger. The configurations may also include the recognition of a unique set of gestures for the person. Further, the configuration can also include the tracking of health data related to the person.
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1. A method, comprising:
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separating a vehicle into one or more zones; automatically determining a person is within a zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle; automatically identifying the person within the zone of the vehicle in response to determining that a person is within the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle; referring to a data structure associated with the identified person in response to identifying the person, wherein the data structure is configured to store at least one user-configurable gesture unique to the identified person and associated with the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle; determining if there is a user-configurable gesture to be stored for the identified person and for the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle; and storing the user-configurable gesture for the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle in the data structure associated with the identified person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vehicle system, comprising:
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one or more sensors; a vehicle control system associated with a vehicle comprising; a processor; a memory; wherein the processor is operable to; separate the vehicle into one or more zones; receive sensor data from the one or more sensors; based on the sensor data, automatically determine a person is within a zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle; based on the sensor data and determining that a person is within the vehicle, automatically identify the person within the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle; refer to a data structure associated with the identified person in response to identifying the person, wherein the data structure is configured to store at least one user-configurable gesture unique to the identified person and associated with the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle; determine if the identified person has made a user-configurable gesture for the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle; and store the user-configurable gesture for the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle in the data structure associated with the identified person. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions causing a processor to execute a method for providing a unified desktop, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
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instructions to separate a vehicle into one or more zones; instructions to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors; based on the sensor data, instructions to automatically determine that a person is within a zone of the one or more zones of the one or more zones of the vehicle; based on the sensor data and determining that a person is within the vehicle, instructions to automatically identify the person within the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle; instructions to refer to a data structure associated with the identified person in response to identifying the person, wherein the data structure is configured to store at least one user-configurable gesture unique to the identified person and associated with the zone of the vehicle; instructions to retrieve one or more user-configurable gestures associated with the identified person for the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle; instructions to receive a user-configurable gesture in the zone of the one or more zones of the vehicle; and instructions to automatically configure the vehicle according to the received user-configurable gesture. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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