Patent ID: 11932256
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A vehicle comprising:
an occupant locater system comprising:
a memory that stores computer-executable instructions; and
a processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
deconvolving a vocal utterance by an occupant of the vehicle;
determining an angle of arrival of the vocal utterance; and
identifying a location of the occupant in the vehicle based on evaluating the deconvolved vocal utterance and the angle of arrival of the vocal utterance, wherein evaluating the deconvolved vocal utterance comprises determining an amplitude of the vocal utterance, and wherein identifying the location of the occupant in the vehicle comprises using location information of one of a driver seat or a passenger seat in the vehicle.