Patent ID: 11897515
Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  A | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
a passenger compartment having at least one passenger seat;
a sensor to detect a passenger in the vehicle;
a disinfecting system to distribute a disinfecting material to the passenger compartment the disinfecting system comprising a plurality of nozzles; and
an onboard computer to:
determine, based on data from the sensor, a portion of the passenger compartment that the passenger contacted;
determine that the passenger has exited the passenger compartment; and
instruct the disinfecting system to distribute the disinfecting material in the passenger compartment in response to determining that the passenger has exited the passenger compartment, wherein distributing the disinfecting material comprises distributing the disinfecting material from a first nozzle of the plurality of nozzles, the first nozzle directed at the portion of the passenger compartment that the passenger contacted, and not spraying the disinfecting material from a second nozzle of the plurality of nozzles.