Motion sickness mitigation
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsJohn D. Harkleroad, Vasudeva S. Murthy
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to detecting whether a user in a vehicle is experiencing motion sickness. In one embodiment, a method includes determining whether a user in a vehicle is experiencing motion sickness based on a first movement measurement of the vehicle and a second movement measurement of a head of the user using a radar sensor and in response to determining whether the user is experiencing motion sickness, activating mitigation control.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- determining whether a user in a vehicle is experiencing motion sickness based on at least a phasal difference between a first movement measurement of the vehicle and a second movement measurement of a head of the user using a radar sensor;
- in response to determining whether the user is experiencing motion sickness, activating mitigation control;
- determining whether a second user in the vehicle is experiencing motion sickness based on the first movement measurement and a third movement measurement of a head of the second user using a second radar;
- determining which of the user or the second user is experiencing more severe motion sickness;
- and
- generating a drop off schedule based on which of the user or the second user is experiencing more severe motion sickness.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- determine whether a user in a vehicle is experiencing motion sickness based on at least a phasal difference between a first movement measurement of the vehicle and a second movement measurement of a head of the user using a radar sensor;
- in response to determining whether the user is experiencing motion sickness, activate mitigation control;
- determine whether a second user in the vehicle is experiencing motion sickness based on the first movement measurement and a third movement measurement of a head of the second user using a second radar;
- determine which of the user or the second user is experiencing more severe motion sickness;
- and
- generate a drop off schedule based on which of the user or the second user is experiencing more severe motion sickness.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- determine whether a user in a vehicle is experiencing motion sickness based on at least a phasal difference between a first movement measurement of the vehicle and a second movement measurement of a head of the user using a radar sensor;
- in response to determining whether the user is experiencing motion sickness, activate mitigation control;
- determine whether a second user in the vehicle is experiencing motion sickness based on the first movement measurement and a third movement measurement of a head of the second user using a second radar;
- determine which of the user or the second user is experiencing more severe motion sickness;
- and
- generate a drop off schedule based on which of the user or the second user is experiencing more severe motion sickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.