IP Library Granted Patent US 12,467,762
Granted Patent B1
US 12,467,762 · App. 18/760,169 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Vehicle HMI actuation

Inventors: Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, MI); Brendan Francis Diamond (Naples, FL); Keith Weston (Canton, MI); Kendra White (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
G01C21/3697B60W60/00133A61B5/4809
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Patent No.
US 12,467,762
App. No.
18/760,169
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a wakeup time for an occupant of a vehicle based on a destination and an object in an interior of the vehicle, and actuate a vehicle component to awaken the occupant.

Claims (24)

1 . A system, comprising a computer having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:

determine a wakeup time for an occupant of a vehicle based on a destination and an object in an interior of the vehicle; and

actuate a vehicle component to awaken the occupant.

2 . The system of claim 1 , the instructions including further instructions to detect the object by a vehicle sensor.

3 . The system of claim 1 , the instructions including further instructions to determine a presence of the object in the interior of the vehicle based on user input.

4 . The system of claim 1 , the instructions including further instructions to determine the wakeup time based on a classification of the object.

5 . The system of claim 1 , the instructions including further instructions to determine the wakeup time based on a condition specified by user input.

6 . The system of claim 1 , the instructions including further instructions to determine the wakeup time being based on user input of a desired difference between the wakeup time and an estimated time of arrival at the destination.

7 . The system of claim 1 , the instructions including further instructions to determine the wakeup time based on a condition specified by user data obtained from a mobile device.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the wakeup time based on the destination includes predicting a time of arrival at the destination.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the wakeup time based on the destination includes predicting a time for preparing for arrival at the destination.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the wakeup time based on the destination includes determining a classification of the destination.

11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the occupant is one of a plurality of occupants in the vehicle, the system further comprising determining a second wakeup time for a second occupant in the vehicle.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the second wakeup time for the second occupant is based on a predicted second time of arrival at a second destination.

13 . The system of claim 1 , the instructions including further instructions to determine the wakeup time based on a number of occupants in the vehicle.

14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the wakeup time is determined further based on one or more of a state of the occupant, traffic data, and historical data.

15 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the wakeup time is determined further based on a sleep state of the occupant.

16 . A method, comprising:

determining a wakeup time for an occupant of a vehicle based on a destination and an object in an interior of the vehicle; and

actuating a vehicle component to awaken the occupant.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising determining the wakeup time based on a classification of the object.

18 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising determining the wakeup time being based on user input of a desired difference between the wakeup time and an estimated time of arrival at the destination.

19 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising determining the wakeup time based on a condition specified by user data obtained from a mobile device.

20 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the occupant is one of a plurality of occupants in the vehicle, the method further comprising determining a second wakeup time for a second occupant in the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2024
From: SALTER, STUART C.; DIAMOND, BRENDAN FRANCIS; WESTON, KEITH; WHITE, KENDRA
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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