Back to results
US 2019/0099118 A1Published application
Automotive driver health monitoring & response system
AssigneeSteering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
InventorsKeyur R. Patel, Patrik Ryne, Joachim J. Klesing, Ashish C. Patel
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method of monitoring a health condition of a driver of a vehicle includes activating a wearable device that is configured to provide a driver health signal and receiving the driver health signal at a controller. The method outputs for display a warning responsive to the driver health signal being indicative of at least one of an impending driver health event or current driver health event.
Claims21
A steering assembly, comprising:
- an advanced driver assistance system arranged to control a vehicle;
- a steering wheel movable between a deployed position and a retracted position based on an state of the advanced driver assistance system;
- a driver monitoring system in communication with the advanced driver assistance system, driver monitoring system, comprising:
- a wearable device, and
- a controller programmed to provide a first signal to the wearable device responsive to the wearable device being within a predetermined distance from the vehicle;
- and
- an environmental detection system in communication with the advanced driver assistance system and the driver monitoring system.
4 more elements
A driver monitoring system, comprising:
- a wearable device operable in a first mode and a second mode,
- an output device disposed within a vehicle;
- and
- a controller in communication with the wearable device and the output device, the controller is programmed to provide a first signal to the wearable device to change the wearable device from the first mode to the second mode responsive to the wearable device being within a predetermined distance from a the vehicle.
1 more element
(canceled)
A method of monitoring a health condition of a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
- activating a wearable device that is configured to provide a driver health signal;
- providing a first signal to the wearable device responsive to the wearable device being within a predetermined distance from the vehicle;
- receiving the driver health signal;
- and
- responsive to the driver health signal being indicative of at least one of an impending driver health event or current driver health event, outputting for display a warning by an output device of an environmental detection system in communication with the wearable device.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.