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US 6,580,984 B2Granted
Method and device for supplying information to a driver of a vehicle
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDana B. Fecher, Jeffrey M. Stefan, Gregory H. Williams
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Abstract
A method for supplying information to a driver of a vehicle is provided. The preferred method includes estimating a cognitive load on the driver, sensing information for the driver, selecting information based on the estimated cognitive load, and supplying the selected information to the driver.
Claims41
A method for supplying information to a driver of a vehicle in an environment, comprising:
- collecting a vehicle factor, wherein said collecting a vehicle factor includes collecting the interior noise of the vehicle;
- estimating a cognitive load on the driver based on the collected vehicle factor;
- sensing information for the driver;
- selecting information based on the estimated cognitive load;
- and
- supplying the selected information to the driver.
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A method for supplying information to a driver of a vehicle in an environment, comprising:
- collecting an environmental factor, wherein said collecting an environmental factor includes collecting the weather condition of the environment;
- estimating a cognitive load on the driver based on the collected environmental factor;
- sensing information for the driver;
- selecting information based on the estimated cognitive load;
- and
- supplying the selected information to the driver.
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A method for supplying information to a driver of a vehicle in an environment, comprising:
- collecting several factors, normalizing the collected factors, weighting the normalized factors, and summing the weighted factors;
- estimating a cognitive load on the driver based on the summed and weighted factors;
- sensing information for the driver;
- selecting information based on the estimated cognitive load;
- and
- supplying the selected information to the driver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.