US Patent Issued to FCA US on Sept. 9 for "Method and system for enabling a vehicle function based on a user profile" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,923, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Method and system for enabling a vehicle function based on a user profile" was invented by Glen DeGrendel (Commerce Township, Mich.) and Giuliana Zennaro (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occupant identification system for enabling a vehicle and method of operating the same includes a plurality of biometric sensors generating sensor signals. A controller is programmed to determine static data from the biometric sensors, determine dynamic biometric data over time from the biometric sensors corresponding to occupant body movements, determine a sen...