US 12,134,318 B2
Guided driver positioning systems and methods
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); Mike Kipley, Saline, MI (US); Adrian Aguirre, Alvaro Obregon (MX); Hussein Berry, Dearborn, MI (US); John Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US); and James Simas, Dearborn, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/657,701.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311652 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/65 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60R 16/037 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/654 (2024.01); B60K 2360/176 (2024.01); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2540/227 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining gait for a user of a vehicle from images obtained from a camera, the gait being indicative of a posture of the user;
determining, based on the posture of the user, a distance between the user and a display of the vehicle;
automatically adjusting a vehicle component in response to the gait and the distance to change a user position relative to the display;
identifying an object on a first display that the user has repeatedly viewed using an eye gaze of the user; and
moving, based on identifying that the user has repeatedly viewed the object on the first display, the object to a line of sight of the user on a second display.