System and method for responding to driver state
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKin C. Fung, Timothy J. Dick
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Abstract
A method for controlling vehicle systems includes receiving monitoring information from one or more monitoring systems and determining a plurality of driver states based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems. The method includes determining a combined driver state based on the plurality of driver states and modifying control of one or more vehicle systems based on the combined driver state.
Claims38
A method of controlling a vehicle system in a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving monitoring information from one or more monitoring systems of the vehicle;
- determining a first driver state of a driver and a second driver state of the driver based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems, wherein the first driver state is a behavioral driver state of the driver and the second driver state is a physiological driver state of the driver;
- determining a combined driver state index by evaluating the first driver state and the second driver state together;
- modifying a system status of the vehicle system as a function of the combined driver state index to increase alertness of the driver;
- determining a third driver state of the driver based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems, wherein the third driver state is a vehicular sensed driver state;
- determining a change in the combined driver state index based on the third driver state;
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- modifying the vehicle system as a function of the third driver state.
A method of controlling a vehicle system in a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving monitoring information from one or more monitoring systems of the vehicle;
- determining a first driver state of a driver and a second driver state of the driver based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems;
- determining a combined driver state index by evaluating the first driver state and the second driver state together;
- modifying a system status of the vehicle system as a function of the combined driver state index to increase attention of the driver;
- determining a third driver state of the driver based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems;
- determining a second combined driver state index based on the third driver state;
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- modifying the vehicle system by evaluating the combined driver state index and the second combined driver state index together.
A system for controlling a vehicle system in a vehicle, comprising:
- a monitoring system for receiving monitoring information;
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- an electronic control unit including a processor, wherein the processor:
- determines a first driver state of a driver and a second driver state of the driver based on the monitoring information from the monitoring system, wherein the first driver state is a behavioral driver state of the driver and the second driver state is a physiological driver state of the driver;
- determines a combined driver state index by evaluating the first driver state and the second driver state together;
- modifies a system status of the vehicle system based on the combined driver state index to improve alertness of the driver;
- determines a third driver state of the driver based on the monitoring information from the monitoring system, wherein the third driver state is a vehicular sensed driver state;
- determines a change in the combined driver state index based on the third driver state;
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- modifies the vehicle system as a function of the third driver state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.