# US 2022/0032956 A1 · Passenger health screening and monitoring

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- Number: US 2022/0032956 A1
- Document ID: US20220032956A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/941,323
- Filed: 2020-07-28
- Published: 2022-02-03
- Earliest claimed: 2020-07-28
- Assignees: Motional AD LLC
- Applicants: Motional AD LLC
- Inventors: Eric Wolff; Abhimanyu Singh; Linh Pham
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220032956A1

## CPC

- B60W 60/0016: {of the vehicle or its occupants}
- G06V 20/597: {Recognising the driver's state or behaviour, e.g. attention or drowsiness}
- A61B 5/01: Measuring temperature of body parts {; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue} (clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20)
- A61B 5/02055: {Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature}
- A61B 5/1176: {Recognition of faces}
- A61B 5/18: for vehicle drivers {or machine operators}
- A61B 5/6893: {Cars}
- A61B 5/7267: {involving training the classification device}
- A61B 5/747: {in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services}
- B60W 30/182: Selecting between different operative modes, e.g. comfort and performance modes
- B60W 40/08: related to drivers or passengers
- B60W 40/09: Driving style or behaviour
- B60W 50/085: {Changing the parameters of the control units, e.g. changing limit values, working points by control input}
- G06V 40/168: {Feature extraction; Face representation}
- G08B 25/016: {Personal emergency signalling and security systems (emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12)}
- G08G 1/205: {Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental}
- A61B 5/0077: {Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens}
- A61B 5/024: Measuring pulse rate or heart rate
- A61B 5/08: Measuring devices for evaluating the respiratory organs
- A61B 5/318: Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
- A61B 5/369: Electroencephalography [EEG]
- A61B 5/411: {Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance}
- A61B 5/7282: {Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition (cough events A61B5/0823; seizures A61B5/4094; sleep apnoea A61B5/4818)}
- A61B 5/746: {Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms}
- B60W 2040/0872: {Driver physiology}
- B60W 2540/043: Identity of occupants
- B60W 2540/22: Psychological state; Stress level or workload
- B60W 2540/221: Physiology, e.g. weight, heartbeat, health or special needs
- B60W 2556/10: Historical data
- B60W 2556/50: of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
- B60W 2720/10: Longitudinal speed
- B60W 2720/106: Longitudinal acceleration
- B60W 2720/125: Lateral acceleration
- B60W 2754/20: Lateral distance
- B60W 2754/30: Longitudinal distance
- B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})

## Abstract

Among other things, techniques are described for screening and monitoring the health of a vehicle user including receiving sensor data produced by a sensor at the vehicle, processing the sensor data to determine at least one health condition of the user of the vehicle, and in response to determining the at least one health condition, executing a vehicle function selected from a plurality of vehicle functions based on the at least one health condition.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle, comprising:
a sensor configured to produce sensor data related to a user of the vehicle;
a computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor and the computer-readable media, the processor configured to execute the computer executable instructions to perform operations including:
receiving the sensor data produced by the sensor;
processing the sensor data to determine at least one health condition of the user; and
in response to determining the at least one health condition, executing a vehicle function selected from a plurality of vehicle functions based on the at least one health condition.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, the operations including:
processing the sensor data to identify data indicative of a cough by the user; and
analyzing the data indicative of the cough to determine the at least one health condition of the user.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, the operations including:
processing the sensor data to identify data indicative of motion by the user; and
analyzing the data indicative of the motion to determine the at least one health condition of the user.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, the operations including:
processing the sensor data to identify data indicative of a pathogen within the vehicle; and
analyzing the data indicative of the pathogen to determine the at least one health condition of the user.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, the operations including:
processing the sensor data to determine a body temperature of the user; and
determining the at least one health condition of the user based on the body temperature.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, the operations including:
processing the sensor data to determine a facial feature of the user; and
determining the at least one health condition of the user based on the facial feature.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is configured to navigate from a starting location to a destination location along a trajectory, and wherein executing the vehicle function comprises altering at least one of the trajectory or the destination location of the vehicle.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The vehicle of claim 7, wherein the destination location is altered to an emergency services location.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein executing the vehicle function comprises altering a driving style of the vehicle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein executing the vehicle function comprises:
identifying a stopping location for the vehicle; and
navigating the vehicle to the stopping location.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein executing the vehicle function comprises adjusting an arrangement of a seat in the vehicle occupied by the user.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein executing the vehicle function comprises engaging a partition screen within the vehicle.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein executing the vehicle function comprises altering airflow within the vehicle.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the vehicle includes a first aid component, and wherein executing the vehicle function comprises dispensing the first aid component to the user.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein executing the vehicle function comprises transmitting an alert to the user, the alert including information indicative of the at least one health condition.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein executing the vehicle function comprises transmitting an alert to an emergency service, the alert including information indicative of at least one of a location of the vehicle or the at least one health condition of the user.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the vehicle includes a disinfectant component, and wherein executing the vehicle function comprises activating the disinfectant component within the vehicle.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, the operations further including:
receiving historical sensor data associated with the user; and
processing the sensor data and the historical sensor data to determine the at least one health condition of the user.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein executing the vehicle function comprises transmitting a request to a health authority to allow the vehicle to operate in an emergency services mode to navigate to an emergency services provider.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The vehicle of claim 19, wherein operating in the emergency services mode comprises at least one of using lanes designated for emergency vehicles or controlling traffic lights on a route to the emergency services provider.

### Claim 21 (depends on 1)

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured to produce sensor data related to the user while the user is inside or proximate to the vehicle.

### Claim 22

A method comprising:
receiving sensor data produced by a sensor at a vehicle;
processing the sensor data to determine at least one health condition of a user of the vehicle; and
in response to determining the at least one health condition, executing a vehicle function selected from a plurality of vehicle functions based on the at least one health condition.

### Claim 23

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a device, the one or more programs including instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:
receive sensor data produced by a sensor at a vehicle;
process the sensor data to determine at least one health condition of a user of the vehicle; and
in response to determining the at least one health condition, execute a vehicle function selected from a plurality of vehicle functions based on the at least one health condition.