Alerter augmentation system
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsJames Brooks, Lalit Keshav Mestha
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Abstract
An alerter augmentation system includes one or more processors that determine an alertness of an operator of a vehicle system. The one or more processors also generate operator input requests that are separated in time by a temporal delay. These input requests seek responses or action by the operator in an attempt to keep or make the operator alert. The one or more processors change one or more of the temporal delay between the input requests and/or a type of the input requests that are generated based at least in part on the alertness of the operator that is determined.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to obtain information regarding an alertness of an operator of a vehicle system and output a signal including the information;
- and
- one or more processors configured to receive the signal and determine the alertness of the operator of the vehicle system, the one or more processors also configured to generate operator input requests that are separated in time by a dynamically changing temporal delay, the one or more processors configured to change a duration of the temporal delay based at least in part on the alertness of the operator that is determined.
A method comprising:
- obtaining, by one or more sensors, information regarding an alertness of an operator of a vehicle system;
- outputting, by the one or more sensors, one or more signals including the information;
- receiving, by one or more processors, the one or more signals;
- determining, by the one or more processors, an alertness of the operator of the vehicle system;
- and
- changing, by the one or more processors, a duration of a temporal delay between successive input requests provided by an alerter system of the vehicle system based at least in part on the alertness of the operator that is determined.
A system comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to obtain information regarding an alertness of an operator of a vehicle system and output a signal including the information;
- and
- one or more processors configured to receive the signal, and automatically instruct an alerter system to generate requests for operator input at time intervals to maintain an alertness of an operator controlling a powered system, the one or more processors also configured to direct the alerter system to change the time intervals between the requests and to change a type of the requests based on a change in the alertness of the operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.