VEHICULAR OCCUPANCY ASSESSMENT

• Main Authors: RAFFA, Guiseppe, SHARMA, Sangita R, GRAUMANN, David L, NACHMAN, Lama, WAN, Chieh-Yih
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.08.2023
• Subjects: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

An apparatus for device identification and mapping in an enclosure, comprising:one or more sensors associated with the enclosure;an antenna configured to receive a wireless signal from a first device of a plurality of devices, wherein the wireless signal is associated with a signal strength;at least one memory having computer-executable instructions and information objects stored thereon; andat least one processor functionally coupled to the antenna and the at least one memory and configured, by the computer-executable instructions and the information objects, to:collect, by the at least one processor, data from the one or more sensors associated with the enclosure, wherein the data is indicative of a presence of a first occupant of one or more occupants of the enclosure;determine, by the at least one processor and based on the data collected from the one or more sensors, a location of the first occupant;determine, by the at least one processor and based on the signal strength and the location of the first occupant, a location of the first device;generate, by the at least one processor a mapping of the location of the first occupant and the location of the first device;associate, by the at least one processor, the first occupant with the first device;assign, by the at least one processor and based on identification information, a first identity to the first occupant, wherein the identification information is indicative of a first end-user being associated with the first device;receive, by the at least one processor, confirmation information from the first device, wherein the confirmation information is indicative of an accuracy of the assigned first identity; andgenerate, by the at least one processor and based on the assigned first identity, content for presentation to the first end-user.