System and method for determining the information transfer rate between a driver and vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKin C. Fung, Timothy J. Dick, Charles William Hall, JR.
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Abstract
A method and a system for determining an information transfer rate between a driver and a vehicle, where the information transfer rate is calculated using driver information measured directly from the driver and vehicle information measured directly from the vehicle. The method also includes retrieving a baseline information transfer rate for maintaining control of the vehicle from a baseline information transfer rate database. A driver safety factor is calculated using the information transfer rate and the baseline information transfer rate.
Claims20
A computer implemented method for determining an information transfer rate between a driver and a vehicle, the method comprising:
- measuring driver information directly from the driver;
- measuring vehicle information directly from the vehicle;
- calculating an information transfer rate between the driver and the vehicle using the driver information measured directly from the driver and the vehicle information measured directly from the vehicle;
- retrieving a baseline information transfer rate for maintaining control of the vehicle from a baseline information transfer rate database;
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- calculating a driver safety factor using the information transfer rate between the driver and the vehicle and the baseline information transfer rate.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable code for determining an information transfer rate between a driver and a vehicle, the code when executed performs the steps comprising:
- measuring driver information directly from the driver;
- measuring vehicle information directly from the vehicle;
- calculating an information transfer rate between the driver and the vehicle using the driver information measured directly from the driver and the vehicle information measured directly from the vehicle;
- retrieving a baseline information transfer rate for maintaining control of the vehicle from a baseline information transfer rate database;
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- calculating a driver safety factor using the information transfer rate between the driver and the vehicle and the baseline information transfer rate.
The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, the code when executed further performs the steps comprising:
- comparing the driver safety factor and a predetermined driver safety alert threshold;
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- alerting the driver using a driver alert device if the driver safety factor does not exceed the predetermined driver safety alert threshold.
An information transfer rate system for determining an information transfer rate between a driver and a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a computer processor;
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- a computer readable storage medium storing executable code when executed by the computer processor performs the steps comprising:
- measuring driver information directly from the driver using a driver information sensing device;
- measuring driver information directly from the vehicle using a vehicle information sensing device of the vehicle;
- calculating an information transfer rate between the driver and the vehicle using the driver information measured directly from the driver and the vehicle information measured directly from the vehicle, wherein the information transfer rate is calculated using an information transfer rate module of the information transfer rate system;
- retrieving a baseline information transfer rate for maintaining control of the vehicle from a baseline information transfer rate database of the information transfer rate system;
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- calculating a driver safety factor using the information transfer rate between the driver and the vehicle and the baseline information transfer rate, wherein the driver safety factor is calculated using a driver safety factor module of the information transfer rate system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.