Adaptive driver identification fusion
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMahmoud A. Abou-Nasr, Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Ryan Lee Baker, Timothy Mark Feldkamp, Arun Dutta
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Abstract
A vehicle system includes a driver identification fusion module programmed to receive a confidence level from a plurality of identification modules. Each confidence level indicates the likelihood that a driver of a vehicle is a particular person. The driver identification fusion module is programmed to aggregate the confidences levels received from the plurality of identification modules and output an aggregated confidence level signal representing an identity of the driver based at least in part on the confidence levels received from the plurality of identification modules.
Claims20
A vehicle system comprising:
- a driver identification fusion module programmed to receive a confidence level from a plurality of identification modules, each confidence level indicating a likelihood that a driver of a vehicle is a particular person,
- wherein the driver identification fusion module is programmed to aggregate the confidence levels received from the plurality of identification modules and output an aggregated confidence level signal representing an identity of the driver based at least in part on the confidence levels received from the plurality of identification modules.
A method comprising:
- collecting, via a plurality of identification modules, driver information associated with a driver of a vehicle;
- determining a likely identity of the driver based at least in part on the driver information;
- generating, via the plurality of identification modules, a confidence level associated with the driver, wherein the confidence level represents a likelihood that the driver of the vehicle is a particular person;
- aggregating the plurality of confidence levels at a driver identification fusion module;
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- generating an aggregated confidence level signal representing an identity of the driver based at least in part on the plurality of confidence levels.
A vehicle system comprising:
- a plurality of identification modules;
- a driver identification fusion module programmed to receive a confidence level from at least one of the plurality of identification modules, each confidence level indicating a likelihood that a driver of a vehicle is a particular person,
- wherein the driver identification fusion module is programmed to aggregate the confidence levels received from the plurality of identification modules and output an aggregated confidence level signal representing an identity of the driver based at least in part on the confidence levels received from at least one of the plurality of identification modules;
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- a training module programmed to generate a driver profile and store the driver profile in a driver database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.