VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A DRIVER

• Main Authors: COHEN DANIEL T, HUI TZE ON, TIMMERMANN BRIAN T
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.02.2015
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

A vehicle system for a vehicle with an occupant is provided. The system includes a seat assembly; a sensor group associated with the seat assembly and configured to collect data about physical characteristics of the occupant of the seat assembly; and a control module coupled to the sensor group and configured to identify the occupant based on the collected data about the physical characteristics of the occupant.