Determining emotional state of a vehicle occupant

A system for increasing comfort of an occupant in a vehicle, the system comprising:

• at least one vehicle sensor, wherein the at least one vehicle sensor is operable to capture data about the occupant;
• a vehicle autonomous driving system;
• and
• a vehicle controller in electrical communication with the at least one vehicle sensor and the vehicle autonomous driving system, wherein the vehicle controller is programmed to:
• record a plurality of sensor data using the at least one vehicle sensor;
• determine an occupant personality profile of the occupant based at least in part on the plurality of sensor data, wherein the occupant personality profile is one of a plurality of personality profiles;
• select a selected one of a plurality of emotional state prediction machine learning models based at least in part on the occupant personality profile, wherein each of the plurality of emotional state prediction machine learning models corresponds to one of the plurality of personality profiles;
• determine an occupant emotional state of the occupant based at least in part on the plurality of sensor data using the selected one of the plurality of emotional state prediction machine learning models;
• and
• adjust an operation of the vehicle autonomous driving system based at least in part on the occupant emotional state.

A method for increasing comfort of an occupant in a vehicle, the method comprising:

• recording a plurality of sensor data using at least one vehicle sensor;
• determining an occupant personality profile of the occupant;
• selecting a selected one of a plurality of emotional state prediction machine learning models based at least in part on the occupant personality profile;
• determining an occupant emotional state of the occupant based at least in part on the plurality of sensor data using the selected one of the plurality of emotional state prediction machine learning models;
• and
• adjusting an operation of a vehicle autonomous driving system of the vehicle based at least in part on the occupant emotional state.