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US 12,545,267 B2Granted
Method to improve ride comfort and reduce driver and passenger anxiety in a vehicle
AssigneesSteering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
InventorOmkar Karve
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Abstract
A number of variations may include a system or method of monitoring vehicle control actions and communicating upcoming control actions, such as deceleration or lateral movement, to vehicle occupants prior to occurrence of the control action such that occupants are aware of upcoming vehicle control actions and occupant stress or anxiety may be reduced during operation of a vehicle.
Claims20
A product comprising:
- at least one controller;
- a memory that stores computer-executable components;
- a processor that executes the computer-executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer-executable components comprise:
- storing at least one prior vehicle control action;
- determining that at least one vehicle control action is required for continuing function and travel of a vehicle;
- flagging the required at least one vehicle control action as an event;
- determining the at least one vehicle control action to continue function and travel of the vehicle;
- determining that the at least one vehicle control action would create high anxiety, sensory overload, or sensory fatigue of an occupant of the vehicle;
- initiating the at least one vehicle control action;
- assessing the severity of the flagged event;
- determining that the flagged event is non-routine;
- monitoring vehicle occupant attention via at least one passenger tracking input;
- determining that the at least one prior vehicle control action resulted in increased occupant anxiety;
- and
- communicating, prior to initiation of the at least one vehicle control action, via a human-machine interface (HMI) system that the at least one vehicle control action is about to be active within a vehicle.
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A product comprising:
- at least one controller;
- a memory that stores computer-executable components;
- a processor that executes the computer-executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer-executable components comprise:
- determining that at least one vehicle control action is required for continuing function and travel of a vehicle;
- flagging the required at least one vehicle control action as an event;
- determining that the at least one control action is required to continue function and travel of the vehicle, wherein the at least one vehicle control action comprises at least one actuator command communicated to at least one of an electronic steering system, a traction control system, an electronic braking system, a propulsion system, or an advanced driver assistance system;
- determining that the vehicle control action would create high anxiety, sensory overload, or sensory fatigue of an occupant of the vehicle;
- initiating the at least one vehicle control action;
- assessing the severity of the flagged event;
- determining that the flagged event is non-routine comprising:
- calculating at least one of an estimated deceleration rate or an estimated acceleration rate;
- comparing at least one of a predetermined deceleration rate or predetermined acceleration rate to the at least one estimated deceleration rate or estimated acceleration rate;
- monitoring vehicle occupant attention via at least one passenger tracking input comprising tracking at least one of vehicle occupant head position or eye movement;
- and
- communicating, prior to initiation of the at least one vehicle control action, via human-machine-interface that a vehicle control is about to be active within a vehicle to vehicle occupants comprising at least one of illumination of at least one light source within the vehicle, providing at least one audio cue within the vehicle, displaying intending control action on a graphical user interface of a display within a vehicle dash, or vibrating a vehicle seat or portion of a seat to indicate lateral movement control actions.
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A method comprising:
- determining that at least one vehicle control action is required for continuing function and travel of a vehicle, wherein the at least one vehicle control action comprises at least one of decelerating, accelerating, or moving a vehicle laterally;
- flagging the required at least one vehicle control action as an event;
- determining that the at least one vehicle control action would create high anxiety, sensory overload, or sensory fatigue of an occupant of the vehicle;
- assessing the severity of the flagged event;
- determining that the flagged event is non-routine;
- monitoring vehicle occupant attention via at least one passenger tracking input;
- and
- communicating, prior to initiation of the at least one vehicle control action, the initiated at least one vehicle control action is about to be active within a vehicle via human-machine-interface to vehicle occupants and thereafter initiating the at least one vehicle control action.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.