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US 2010/0250044 A1Published application
Vehicle data input control method
AssigneeDENSO International America, Inc.
InventorsBilal Alasry, Ahmed Abubaker
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Abstract
A method of controlling data input to a vehicle data input system determines a speed of a vehicle, determines an occupancy state of a non-driver position of the vehicle based on a presence of a non-driver in the non-driver position, determines a behavior of a driver based on input from a driver behavior system, and adjusts an input functionality of a vehicle data input system based on the vehicle speed, the occupancy state of the passenger, and the behavior of the driver.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining a speed of a vehicle;
- determining an occupancy state of a front passenger seat of the vehicle based on a presence of a passenger in the front passenger seat;
- determining a behavior of a driver based on input from a driver behavior system, wherein the behavior includes whether the driver is controlling the vehicle;
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- adjusting an input functionality of a vehicle data input system based on the vehicle speed, the occupancy state of the front passenger seat, and the behavior of the driver.
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A method comprising:
- determining a speed of a vehicle;
- determining an occupancy state of a non-driver seat of the vehicle based on a presence of a non-driver in the non-driver seat, wherein the occupancy state is based on a signal from an occupant classification system provided with the non-driver seat;
- determining whether the driver is controlling the vehicle based on input from a first driver input device and a second driver input device, wherein the first and second driver input devices are accessible by the driver of the vehicle;
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- adjusting an input functionality of a vehicle data input system based on the vehicle speed, the occupancy state of the non-driver seat, and the behavior of the driver, wherein adjusting the input functionality of the vehicle data input system includes activating a drive enforcement state to reduce the input functionality and releasing the drive enforcement state to provide full input functionality.
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A method comprising:
- determining a speed of a vehicle;
- determining an occupancy state of a front non-driver seat of the vehicle based on a presence of a non-driver in the front non-driver seat;
- determining a behavior of a driver based on a first driver input device and a second driver input device, wherein the first and second driver input devices are accessible by the driver of the vehicle;
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- adjusting an input functionality of a vehicle data input system based on the vehicle speed, the occupancy state of the front non-driver seat, and actuation of the first and second driver input devices by the driver, wherein adjusting the input functionality includes activating a drive enforcement state to reduce the input functionality and releasing the drive enforcement state to provide full input functionality.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.