Passenger zone detection with signal strength data aided by physical signal barriers
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1. A system comprising:
- a mobile device having a wireless transceiver and programmed totrack, over time, signal strength values from vehicle wireless sensors indicative of distance between the wireless transceiver and the sensors; and
when the signal strength values indicate the mobile device is within the vehicle, associate the mobile device with a seating zone of the vehicle corresponding to the one of the sensors that provided signal strength values that peaked earliest in time.
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Abstract
Values may be tracked from wireless sensors of a vehicle that indicate distances between the mobile device and the sensors. When the signal strength values indicate the mobile device is within the vehicle, the device may be associated with a seating zone of the vehicle corresponding to the one of the sensors that provided signal strength values that peaked earliest in time. The mobile device may be determined to be within the vehicle by using a hypothesis test comparing a threshold signal strength value to the signal strength values.
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1. A system comprising:
a mobile device having a wireless transceiver and programmed to track, over time, signal strength values from vehicle wireless sensors indicative of distance between the wireless transceiver and the sensors; and when the signal strength values indicate the mobile device is within the vehicle, associate the mobile device with a seating zone of the vehicle corresponding to the one of the sensors that provided signal strength values that peaked earliest in time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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wireless sensors of a vehicle; and a vehicle processor programmed to track, over time, signal strength values from the sensors indicative of distance between a mobile device and the sensors; and responsive to the signal strength values indicating the mobile device is within the vehicle, associate the mobile device with a vehicle seating zone corresponding to the one of the sensors that provided signal strength values that peaked earliest in time. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
associating, by a processor, a mobile device with a vehicle seating zone responsive to signal strength values from wireless vehicle sensors embedded in vehicle doors indicating the mobile device is inside a vehicle, the vehicle seating zone being proximate to a door including one of the wireless vehicle sensors that provides signal strength values peaking earliest in time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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