Driver training
AssigneeLife Long Driver, LLC
InventorRichard Harkness
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Abstract
A driver training system for presenting a user of the system with simultaneous representation of a driving environment directed to four active visual zones comprising a driver's forward view, rear mirror view, and respective left and right side mirror views; for displaying a traffic hazard one of the four active visual zones; receiving an input from a user of the driving simulator identifying a location in one of the four active visual zones; determining if the location corresponds to the traffic hazard; and determining a response time between the display of the traffic hazard and the receipt of the input from the user.
Claims12
A driving simulator for assessing and improving driving skills comprising:
- a computerized audio/visual device programmed to:
- display an interactive driving simulation presented through four active visual zones from a driver's-seat perspective comprising (1) a driver's forward view, (2) a rear mirror view, (3) a left side mirror view, and (4) a right side mirror view, wherein the driver's forward view includes a combined representation of a driver's side window view, a windshield view, and a passenger's window view, and wherein the rear mirror view, left side mirror view, and right side mirror view each simultaneously depict a scene occurring simultaneously with the driver's forward view;
- display a traffic hazard in one of the four active visual zones;
- receive an input from a user of the driving simulator identifying a location in one of the four active visual zones;
- determine if the location corresponds to the traffic hazard;
- and
- determine a response time between the display of the traffic hazard and the receipt of the input from the user.
A computerized audio/visual driving simulator method for assessing and improving driving skills comprising:
- displaying an interactive driving simulation presented through four active visual zones from a driver's-seat perspective comprising (1) a driver's forward view, (2) a rear mirror view, (3) a left side mirror view, and (4) a right side mirror view, wherein the driver's forward view includes a combined representation of a driver's side window view, a windshield view, and a passenger's window view, and wherein the rear mirror view, left side mirror view, and right side mirror view each simultaneously depict a scene occurring simultaneously with the driver's forward view;
- displaying a traffic hazard in one of the four active visual zones;
- receiving an input from a user of the driving simulator identifying a location in one of the four active visual zones;
- determining if the location corresponds to the traffic hazard;
- and
- determining a response time between the display of the traffic hazard and the receipt of the input from the user.
A computer-implemented method for assessing and improving driving skills of a driver comprising:
- displaying an interactive driving simulation presented through four active visual zones from a driver's-seat perspective comprising (1) a driver's forward view, (2) a rear mirror view, (3) a left side mirror view, and (4) a right side mirror view, wherein the driver's forward view includes a combined representation of a driver's side window view, a windshield view, and a passenger's window view, and wherein the rear mirror view, left side mirror view, and right side mirror view each simultaneously depict a scene occurring simultaneously with the driver's forward view;
- displaying a traffic hazard in one of the four active visual zones;
- receiving an input from a user of the driving simulator identifying a location in one of the four active visual zones;
- determining if the location corresponds to the traffic hazard;
- and
- determining a response time between the display of the traffic hazard and the receipt of the input from the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.