System and method for fusing information related to a driver of a vehicle

An apparatus for fusing information related to a driver of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• a hyper spectral camera capable of imaging body features invisible to a human;
• car telemetry system providing vehicle-related telemetry information;
• and
• a processor adapted to perform the steps of:
• receiving vehicle-related telemetry information from a car telemetry system, wherein the vehicle-related telemetry information comprises at least one of vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration, lane passing and honking;
• assessing a stress level of the driver from the vehicle-related telemetry information received from the car telemetry system;
• receiving an image of the driver captured by the hyper spectral camera;
• analyzing the image to receive at least one indicator to a clinical parameter of the driver;
• learning stress-related parameters or thresholds from a behavior of the driver over time;
• fusing the stress level assessed from the information received from the car telemetry system, with the at least one indicator received from analyzing the image;
• using the stress-related parameters or thresholds as learned to obtain a combined assessment to a stress level of the driver;
• based on the combined assessment, determining an action by an action selection engine;
• and
• taking the action by an action activation engine, in response to the stress level exceeding a predetermined threshold.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium retaining program instructions configured to cause a processor to perform actions, which program instructions implement:

• receiving by a vehicle telemetry interface, vehicle-related telemetry information from a car telemetry system, wherein the vehicle-related telemetry information comprises at least one of vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration, lane passing and honking;
• assessing by a telemetric analysis engine, a stress level of the driver from the vehicle-related telemetry information received from the car telemetry system;
• receiving by an information fusing apparatus, an image of the driver captured by the hyper spectral camera;
• analyzing the image by an image analysis engine, to receive at least one indicator to a clinical parameter of the driver;
• learning by a learning engine, stress-related parameters or thresholds from a behavior of the driver over time;
• and
• fusing by a stress level analysis engine, the stress level assessed from the information received from the car telemetry system, with the at least one indicator received from analyzing the image;
• using the stress-related parameters or thresholds as learned to obtain a combined assessment to a stress level of the driver;
• based on the combined assessment, determining an action by an action selection engine;
• and
• taking the action by an action activation engine, in response to the stress level exceeding a predetermined threshold.