Physical context management for a motor vehicle
AssigneeSandia Corporation
InventorsKevin R. Dixon, James C. Forsythe, Carl E. Lippitt
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Abstract
Computer software for and a method of enhancing safety for an operator of a motor vehicle comprising employing a plurality of sensors of vehicle and operator conditions, matching collective output from the sensors against a plurality of known dangerous conditions, and preventing certain activity of the operator if a known dangerous condition is detected.
Claims26
A method of enhancing safety for an operator of a motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- employing a plurality of sensors of vehicle and operator conditions;
- matching collective output from the sensors against a plurality of known dangerous conditions;
- and
- preventing certain activity of the operator if a known dangerous condition is detected;
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- wherein the matching step comprises matching against a plurality of conditions known a priori but as determined from a plurality of test subjects experiencing simulations of those conditions and from the sensor data received during recording of those simulations.
A physical storage device having machine executable code stored therein, which when executed by a computer enhances the safety for an operator of a motor vehicle, the device comprising code for:
- receiving data from a plurality of sensors of vehicle and operator conditions;
- matching collective output from the sensors against a plurality of known dangerous conditions;
- and
- preventing certain activity of the operator if a known dangerous condition is detected;
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- wherein the matching code comprises code matching against a plurality of conditions known a priori but as determined from a plurality of test subjects experiencing simulations of those conditions and from the sensor data received during recording of those simulations.
A method of enhancing safety for an operator of a motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- employing a plurality of sensors of vehicle and operator conditions;
- matching collective output from the sensors against a plurality of known dangerous conditions;
- and
- preventing certain activity of the operator if a known dangerous condition is detected;
- and
- wherein the matching step comprises matching against a plurality of known conditions as determined automatically from collected sensor data of those conditions and from concomitant human-scored difficulty estimates.
A physical storage device having machine executable code stored therein, which when executed by a computer enhances the safety for an operator of a motor vehicle, the device comprising code for:
- receiving data from a plurality of sensors of vehicle and operator conditions;
- matching collective output from the sensors against a plurality of known dangerous conditions;
- and
- preventing certain activity of the operator if a known dangerous condition is detected;
- and
- wherein the matching code comprises code matching against a plurality of known conditions as determined automatically from collected sensor data of those conditions and from concomitant human-scored difficulty estimates.
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