Vehicle system communicating with a wearable device to provide haptic feedback for driver notifications
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorDavid Anthony Hatton
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Abstract
A system includes a user interface and a controller in communication with a transceiver and the user interface. The controller is configured to receive a predefined threshold and alert for a vehicle indication at the user interface. The controller is further configured to generate a notification based on the preconfigured alert in response to the vehicle indication exceeding the predefined threshold. The controller is further configured to transmit, via the transceiver, the notification for the vehicle indication to a wearable device configured to output the predefined alert.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- a controller, in communication with a transceiver and a user interface, configured to:
- in response to a vehicle indication exceeding a predefined threshold, generate a notification based on a predefined alert;
- compare motion detection data received from a wearable device to a steering wheel angle to determine the wearable device belongs to a vehicle operator;
- and
- transmit, via the transceiver, the notification to the wearable device configured to output the predefined alert.
A vehicle computing system comprising:
- a processor in communication with a transceiver and configured to:
- receive motion detection data from a wearable device via a motion sensor;
- compare the motion detection data to a steering wheel angle to determine the wearable device belongs to an operator of a vehicle;
- and
- transmit signals to the wearable device via the transceiver to generate a haptic alert based on a vehicle parameter monitored by vehicle sensors exceeding a threshold, the vehicle parameter associated with a predefined vibration pattern for the haptic alert based on at least one of an accelerator pedal, a radio volume, navigation information, and lane departure detection inputs or signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.