Vehicle interlock with location detection
AssigneeAlcohol Countermeasure Systems (International) Inc.
InventorsDenise L. Connerty, Felix J. E. Comeau
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Abstract
A system for use with a motor vehicle, the system including a gas sampler device including a wireless communication subsystem and an input element configured to receive a gas sample. The system further includes an interlock device including a second wireless communication subsystem and a computing device configured to: determine a location of the gas sampler device within the motor vehicle based on proximity of the wireless communication subsystem, and activate an alarm event in dependence of the location of the gas sampler device within the motor vehicle.
Claims9
An improved interlock device for use with a vehicle and by a driver of the vehicle, the interlock device being of the type having a handpiece including a gas sampler, the handpiece being adapted to permit the driver to bring the gas sampler into the vicinity of the mouth of the driver when the driver is positioned to drive the vehicle, comprising:
- a device including a wireless communication subsystem having at least one antenna element, where the device is configured to receive and process signals to determine three dimensional location data of the gas sampler during a delivery of a breath sample to the gas sampler;
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- trigger of an alarm event associated with a failure to position the gas sampler in a predetermined zone defined by a physical space wherein the gas sampler could be situated during the delivery of the breath sample to the gas sampler by the driver when the driver is positioned to drive the vehicle.
An improved interlock device for use with a vehicle and by a driver of the vehicle, the interlock device being of the type having a handpiece including a gas sampler, the handpiece being adapted to permit the driver to bring the gas sampler into the vicinity of the mouth of the driver when the driver is positioned to drive the vehicle, comprising:
- a device including a wireless communication subsystem having at least one antenna element, where the device is configured to receive and process signals to determine three dimensional location data of the gas sampler during a delivery of a breath sample to the gas sampler;
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- trigger of an alarm event associated with a failure to position the gas sampler in a predetermined zone defined by a physical space wherein the gas sampler could be situated during the delivery of a breath sample to the gas sampler by the driver when the driver is positioned to drive the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.