Method and apparatus for vehicle occupant location detection

1. A system comprising:

a processor configured to:

determine a location of a wirelessly-identified device within a vehicle;

obtain a locking schema associated with the device and defining locking states for child-lockable vehicle systems; and

determine which of the child-lockable vehicle systems are within a predefined proximity to the device location; and

set the locking states, based on the locking schema, of child-lockable vehicle systems in the predefined proximity to the device location.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the child-lockable systems include child locks on vehicle doors.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the child-lockable systems include climate controls.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the child-lockable systems include entertainment controls.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to obtain the locking schema from a vehicle-stored device profile.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to obtain the locking schema from a remotely stored device profile obtained wirelessly by the processor.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the child-lockable systems include vehicle human machine interfaces.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

present a human machine interface (HMI) including selectable control over child-lockable systems;

receive input to the HMI instructing a state change of a child-lockable system within the predefined proximity to the device; and

adjust the locking schema associated with the device based on the received input.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the child-lockable systems include seat adjustment controls.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

categorize a device for which a known profile does not exist as a child device, and

obtain a predefined child device locking schema stored in the vehicle as the locking schema associated with the device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to categorize the device as a child device based on the device wirelessly self-identifying as a child device.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to categorize the device as a child device based on a lookup of predefined device categories utilizing a device identification wirelessly obtained from the device.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

categorize a device for which a known profile does not exist as an adult device, and

obtain a predefined adult device locking schema stored in the vehicle as the locking schema associated with the device.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to categorize the device as an adult device based on the device wirelessly self-identifying as an adult device.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to categorize the device as an adult device based on a lookup of predefined device categories utilizing a device identification wirelessly obtained from the device.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

wirelessly upload a device profile, including state settings for child-lockable vehicle systems associated with the device, to a remote system.

17. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining a locking schema associated with an identified wireless device, the schema defining locking state settings for child-lockable vehicle systems;

setting states of the child-lockable vehicle systems, based on the locking state settings, and wherein the systems are determined to be within a predefined proximity to a determined device location within a vehicle.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the predefined state settings are obtained from at least one of: the device, through wireless communication with the device, a locally stored device profile or a remotely stored device profile.

19. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining a locking schema defining child-lockable system locking state settings, the schema associated with a wireless device within a vehicle at a determined location within the vehicle; and

applying the locking schema to child-lockable systems within the vehicle in a predefined proximity to the determined location, such that the child-lockable systems are set to the locking states defined by the locking schema when the child-lockable systems are within the predefined proximity to the device location.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the method includes retrieving the locking schema from at least one of: the device, through wireless communication with the device, a locally stored device profile or a remotely stored device profile.