Patent ID: 8831826

Claim:
A method, comprising: automatically determining, by a processor of a vehicle control system, that a person is within a vehicle; automatically identifying, by the processor of the vehicle control system, the person; determining, by the processor of the vehicle control system, if there is a gesture to be stored for the person; determining which one of two or more zones is occupied by the person within the vehicle; receiving the gesture; and storing, by the processor of the vehicle control system, the received gesture, wherein the received gesture is made by the person with the person's hand in a three-dimensional space, and wherein the received gesture includes a configuration of the hand and a vector of movement of the hand, wherein the received gesture automatically configures the vehicle, wherein the received gesture is associated with the person and with the determined zone occupied by the person, and wherein the received gesture, if associated with a first zone of the two or more zones, has a first vehicle response and a same gesture, if associated with a second zone of the two or more zones, has a second vehicle response wherein the first and second vehicle responses are different.