Patent ID: 11897403
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A system for controlling at least one adjustable component of a vehicle, the system comprising:
at least one positioning actuator for adjusting the at least one adjustable component;
an adjustment control system that controls the at least one positioning actuator in response to an instruction;
an occupancy detection system that detects one or more personal mobile devices in the vehicle to determine a current occupancy configuration of the vehicle;
at least one controller:
that receives occupant data, the occupant data including identification information corresponding to at least one occupant of the vehicle;
that identifies, based on the identification information, a plurality of group identity profiles associated with the identification information, each of the plurality of group identity profiles corresponding to one of a plurality of occupancy configurations;
that determines a current group identity profile of the plurality of group identity profiles based on the current occupancy configuration of the plurality of occupancy configurations;
that determines a target position for the at least one adjustable component based on the current group identity profile; and
that communicates, via the adjustment control system, the instruction to position the at least one adjustable component toward the target position.