Systems and methods for recognizing and analyzing emotional states of a vehicle operator

A method for recognizing and analyzing emotional states of a plurality of vehicle operators, comprising:

• receiving, from one or more vehicles, measured physiological emotional data indicating an emotional state of a plurality of operators of the one or more vehicles;
• comparing the measured physiological emotional data against one or more preexisting patterns of stored physiological emotional data to determine the emotional state of each of the plurality of operators;
• generating an alarm if comparing the measured physiological emotional data against the one or more preexisting patterns results in a selected condition being satisfied;
• transmitting the determined emotional states and generated alarms of each of the plurality of operators to a control station located off-board the one or more vehicles, the control station comprising a dashboard for displaying simultaneously the emotional states and generated alarms of each of the plurality of operators simultaneously operating one of the one or more vehicles at a given time.

A system for recognizing and analyzing emotional states of a plurality of vehicle operators, comprising:

• a control station in communication with one or more vehicles via a communication module, the control station located off-board the one or more vehicles and comprising a dashboard configured to display simultaneously an emotional state of a plurality of operators, the plurality of operators each operating one of the one or more vehicles, wherein each of the plurality of operators having a wearable electronic device with sensors configured for monitoring physiological data indicating the emotional state of each of the plurality of operators during operation of the one or more vehicles;
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• a computing cloud or other computing device in communication with the control station and having a cloud node located on-board each of the one or more vehicles,
• wherein the computing cloud is configured to collect emotional score data from each of the plurality of operators and compile an emotional score database over time, the database being configured to generate predictive models for unsafe emotional states to determine the emotional state of the plurality of operators,
• wherein the control station is configured to generate and display a suitable alarm signal when an unsafe emotional state is detected for each of the plurality of operators.