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US 2016/0355191 A1Published application
Controlling access to an in-vehicle human-machine interface
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAdam Leonard Van Wiemeersch, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
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Abstract
An in-vehicle computer is programmed to determine that a driver's hands are at least one predetermined location in the vehicle, the at least one predetermine location including a location on a steering wheel, determine that a vehicle passenger is in a safe position with respect to a human-machine interface; and provide passenger access to the human-machine interface such that the passenger may access operations of the computer that are inaccessible to the driver.
Claims21
1-22. (canceled)
A system for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one electrocardiogram sensor;
- and
- a computer comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the computer is programmed to:
- determine that data from the at least one electrocardiogram sensor is from a driver of the vehicle;
- based on the data from the at least one electrocardiogram sensor, determine that the driver's hands are at least one predetermined location in the vehicle, the at least one predetermined location including a location on a steering wheel;
- determine that a vehicle passenger is in a safe position with respect to a human-machine interface;
- and
- provide passenger access to the human-machine interface such that the passenger may access operations of the computer that are inaccessible to the driver.
5 more elements
A method, comprising:
- determining that data from at least one electrocardiogram sensor is from a driver of the vehicle;
- determining, based on the data from the at least one electrocardiogram sensor, that the driver's hands are at least one predetermined location in a vehicle, the at least one predetermined location including a location on a steering wheel;
- determining that a vehicle passenger is in a safe position with respect to a human-machine interface;
- and
- providing passenger access to the human-machine interface such that the passenger may access operations of the computer that are inaccessible to the driver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.