Method and System for Supervising Information Communication Based on Occupant and Vehicle Environment
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Doron M. Elliott, Gary Steven Strumolo
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Abstract
A vehicle computer system includes one or more processors configured to receive context data representative of a vehicle's environment from one or more modules. The one or more processors are programmed and configured to receive the context data from one or more modules, determine an attention demand value utilizing the context data and a workload value corresponding to the context data, and output an indicator to activate or adjust a do not disturb feature based on the attention demand value.
Claims20
A vehicle computer system, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to receive context data representative of a vehicle's environment from one or more modules, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed and configured to:
- receive the context data from the one or more modules;
- determine an attention demand value based on the context data and a workload value corresponding to the context data;
- and
- output an indicator to activate or adjust a do not disturb communication feature based on the attention demand value.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving context data from one or more data sources representative of a vehicle's environment;
- determining an attention demand value based on the context data and a workload value corresponding to the context data;
- configuring a do not disturb communication setting based on the attention demand value, wherein the do not disturb communication setting includes two or more options;
- receiving a request at the vehicle to output a communication;
- and
- controlling the communication based on the do not disturb setting.
A vehicle computer system, comprising:
- a processor configured to receive a signal from a module indicating that one or more vehicle functions is active, wherein the processor is programmed and configured to:
- determine an attention demand value utilizing the signal and a workload value corresponding to the signal;
- and
- output an indicator to activate or adjust a do not disturb communication feature based on the attention demand value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.