System and method for providing haptic alerts within a vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsStuart Masakazu Yamamoto, Joseph Anthony Alequin, Hartley Ochavillo
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Abstract
A system and method for providing haptic alerts within a vehicle that include receiving vehicle data associated with at least one vehicle warning. The system and method also include determining a severity associated with the at least one vehicle warning and determining a duration associated with the at least one vehicle warning. The system and method further include determining at least one haptic alert that corresponds to the severity and duration of the at least one vehicle warning and controlling at least one vibrational actuator to provide the at least one haptic alert based on the determined severity and duration of the at least one vehicle warning.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for providing haptic alerts within a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving vehicle data associated with at least one vehicle warning;
- determining a baseline severity level associated with the at least one vehicle warning, wherein a particular degree of impact with respect to a safe operation of the vehicle is output as an impact level and the impact level is analyzed against at least one threshold value to determine an adjustment from baseline severity level to a real-time severity level;
- determining a duration associated with the at least one vehicle warning;
- determining at least one haptic alert that corresponds to the real-time severity level and duration of the at least one vehicle warning;
- and
- controlling at least one vibrational actuator to provide the at least one haptic alert based on the real-time severity level and duration of the at least one vehicle warning.
A system for providing haptic alerts within a vehicle, comprising:
- a memory storing instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- receive vehicle data associated with at least one vehicle warning;
- determine a baseline severity level associated with the at least one vehicle warning, wherein a particular degree of impact with respect to a safe operation of the vehicle is output as an impact level and the impact level is analyzed against at least one threshold value to determine an adjustment from baseline severity level to a real-time severity level;
- determine a duration associated with the at least one vehicle warning;
- determine at least one haptic alert that corresponds to the real-time severity level and duration of the at least one vehicle warning;
- and
- control at least one vibrational actuator to provide the at least one haptic alert based on the real-time severity level and duration of the at least one vehicle warning.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer, which includes a processor perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving vehicle data associated with at least one vehicle warning;
- determining a baseline severity level associated with the at least one vehicle warning, wherein a particular degree of impact with respect to a safe operation of the vehicle is output as an impact level and the impact level is analyzed against at least one threshold value to determine an adjustment from baseline severity level to a real-time severity level;
- determining a duration associated with the at least one vehicle warning;
- determining at least one haptic alert that corresponds to the real-time severity level and duration of the at least one vehicle warning;
- and
- controlling at least one vibrational actuator to provide the at least one haptic alert based on the determined real-time severity level and duration of the at least one vehicle warning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.