US 11,292,476 B2Granted

Personalization of automated vehicle control

AssigneeInrix, Inc.

InventorsChristopher L. Scofield, Scott Sedlik

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Abstract

Vehicles feature various forms of automated driving control, such as speed control and braking distance monitoring. However, the parameters of automated control may conflict with the user driving behaviors of the user; e.g., braking distance maintained with respect to a leading vehicle may seem overcautious to users who prefer shorter braking distances, and unsafe to users who prefer longer braking distances. Presented herein are techniques for controlling vehicles according to the user driving behaviors of users. While a user operates a vehicle in a driving context, a device monitors various driving features (e.g., acceleration or braking) to determine various user driving behaviors. When requested to control a driving feature of the vehicle, a controller may identify the user driving behaviors of the user in the driving context, and control the driving features according to the user driving behaviors, thus personalizing automated driving to the preferences of the user.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method of configuring a device to control a vehicle operated by a first user, the method comprising:

executing on the device instructions configured to:
while the vehicle is in operation by the first user:
monitor the operation of the vehicle by the first user to detect at least one user driving behavior of the first user for at least one driving feature of the vehicle in a first driving context to develop a first portion of a first driving profile for the first user;
and
monitor the operation of the vehicle by the first user to detect at least one user driving behavior of the first user for at least one driving feature of the vehicle in a second driving context to develop a second portion of the first driving profile for the first user;
and
upon receiving a request to control at least one driving feature of the vehicle in a driving context:
determine whether the vehicle is being controlled by the first user or a second user different than the first user;
determine whether the driving context is the first driving context or the second driving context;
when the driving context is the first driving context and the vehicle is being controlled by the first user:
identify the at least one user driving behavior of the first user for the at least one driving feature of the vehicle in the first driving context based upon the first driving profile;
and
control the at least one driving feature of the vehicle according to the at least one user driving behavior of the first user for the at least one driving feature of the vehicle in the first driving context;
when the driving context is the second driving context and the vehicle is being controlled by the first user:
identify the at least one user driving behavior of the first user for the at least one driving feature of the vehicle in the second driving context based upon the first driving profile;
and
control the at least one driving feature of the vehicle according to the at least one user driving behavior of the first user for the at least one driving feature of the vehicle in the second driving context, wherein the at least one driving feature is controlled differently based upon whether the driving context is the first driving context or the second driving context;
when the vehicle is being controlled by the second user, use a second driving profile for the second user to control one or more driving features of the vehicle when the second driving profile for the second user exists;
and
when the vehicle is being controlled by the second user and no driving profile exists for the second user:
compare driving behaviors of the second user to driving behavior models created based upon driving behaviors of a plurality of users to identify a driving behavior model for the second user;
and
use the driving behavior model to control the at least one driving feature of the vehicle.

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A system comprising:

a processor;
and
memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause operations for configuring a device to control a vehicle operated by a first user, the operations comprising:
monitoring the operation of the vehicle by the first user to detect at least one user driving behavior of the first user for at least one driving feature of the vehicle in a first driving context to develop a first portion of a first driving profile for the first user;
monitoring the operation of the vehicle by the first user to detect at least one user driving behavior of the first user for at least one driving feature of the vehicle in a second driving context to develop a second portion of the first driving profile for the first user;
and
upon receiving a request to control at least one driving feature of the vehicle in a driving context:
determining whether the driving context is the first driving context or the second driving context;
when the driving context is the first driving context and the vehicle is being controlled by the first user:
identifying the at least one user driving behavior of the first user for the at least one driving feature of the vehicle in the first driving context based upon the first driving profile;
and
controlling the at least one driving feature of the vehicle according to the at least one user driving behavior of the first user for the at least one driving feature of the vehicle in the first driving context;
when the driving context is the second driving context and the vehicle is being controlled by the first user:
identifying the at least one user driving behavior of the first user for the at least one driving feature of the vehicle in the second driving context based upon the first driving profile;
and
controlling the at least one driving feature of the vehicle according to the at least one user driving behavior of the first user for the at least one driving feature of the vehicle in the second driving context, wherein the at least one driving feature is controlled differently based upon whether the driving context is the first driving context or the second driving context;
and
when the driving context does not match any, known driving context for the first user:
comparing driving behaviors of the first user to driving behavior models created based upon driving behaviors of a plurality of users to identify a driving behavior model for the first user in the driving context;
and
using the driving behavior model to control the at least one driving feature of the vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/121,123Filed 3 Mar 2015 · us provisional application
Priority: 3 Mar 2014
Published: US 2017/0015318 A119 Jan 2017
Granted: 5 Apr 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification89 codes

B60W 40/04
Related to ambient conditions: traffic conditions
A61B 5/02055
Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition:…
A61B 5/4845
Other medical applications: toxicology, e.g. by detection of alcohol, drug or toxic products
B60R 16/0236
Circuits relating to the driving or the functioning of the vehicle: for economical driving