System and method for dynamic vehicle control affecting sleep states of vehicle occupants

A system for dynamic vehicle control affecting sleep states of vehicle occupants, comprising:

• a wearable computing device associated with a vehicle occupant;
• a vehicle including a vehicle system, vehicle sensors and a processor, the processor operably connected for computer communication to the wearable computing device;
• a state determination module of the processor determines a state of the vehicle occupant based on physiological data received from at least one of the wearable computing device and the vehicle, the state determination module determines a target sleep state of the vehicle occupant based on at least one of the state of the vehicle occupant, the physiological data and vehicle system data;
• a vehicle control module of the processor controls the vehicle system based on the state of the vehicle occupant in relation to the target sleep state by transmitting a vehicle control command to the vehicle system;
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• a state monitoring module of the processor monitors the state of the vehicle occupant including monitoring the physiological data of the vehicle occupant after controlling the vehicle system, and the vehicle control module modifies control of the vehicle system by transmitting a second vehicle control command to the vehicle system based on the state of the vehicle occupant monitored after controlling the vehicle system in relation to the target sleep state.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method, comprising:

• connecting a wearable computing device associated with a vehicle occupant to a vehicle;
• receiving physiological data associated with the vehicle occupant from at least one of the wearable computing device and the vehicle, and receiving vehicle system data from the vehicle;
• determining a state of the vehicle occupant based on the physiological data and determining a target sleep state based on at least one of the state of the vehicle occupant, the physiological data and vehicle system data;
• transmitting a vehicle control command to a vehicle system of the vehicle based on the state of the vehicle occupant in relation to the target sleep state;
• monitoring the physiological data of the vehicle occupant in response to controlling the vehicle system and transmitting a second vehicle control command to the vehicle system in response to the monitoring, the second vehicle control command based on the monitoring in relation to the target sleep state.