US 9,867,035 B2Granted

System and method for determining compromised driving

AssigneeSfara, Inc.

InventorsSascha Simon, Zvi Huber

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Abstract

A device is provided for use with a database having stored therein, a plurality of signatures corresponding to a plurality of actions, respectively. The device includes: a mode determining component that determines whether the device is in a predetermined mode; a device location determining component that determines whether the device is located in a predetermined location; a parameter detecting component operable to detect a predetermined parameter and to generate an action signature based on the detected predetermined parameter; an accessing component operable to access one of the plurality of signatures from the database; and a mode controlling component operable to modify operation of the device based on the comparison signal when said mode determining component determines that the device is operating in the predetermined mode and when the location determining component determines that the device is located in the predetermined location.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A device, for use with a database having stored therein at least one signature corresponding to at least one action of the device within a vehicle, the at least one action compromising driving if performed while a user of the device is driving the vehicle, said device comprising:

a device location determining component operable to determine whether the device is located in the vehicle;
a parameter detecting component operable to detect a parameter and to generate a parameter signature based on the detected parameter if said device location determining component determines that the device is located in the vehicle;
an accessing component operable to access one of the at least one signature from the database;
a comparing component operable to generate a comparison signal indicating that the device is performing the at least one action based on a comparison of the parameter signature and the at least one signature;
and
a mode controlling component operable to instruct the device to operate in a vehicle mode when said location determining component determines that the device is located in the vehicle and the comparison signal determines that the device is performing the at least one action.

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A method of using a database having stored therein, at least one signature corresponding to at least one action of a device within a vehicle, the at least one action compromising driving if performed by the device while a user of the device is driving the vehicle, said method comprising:

determining, via a device location determining component, whether the device is located in the vehicle;
detecting, via a parameter detecting component, a parameter;
generating, via the parameter detecting component, a parameter signature based on the detected parameter if the device location determining component determines that the device is located in the vehicle;
accessing, via an accessing component, one of the at least one signature from the database;
generating, via a comparing component, a comparison signal indicating that the device is performing the at least one action based on a comparison of the parameter signature and the at least one signature;
and
instructing, via a mode controlling component, the device to operate in a vehicle mode when the location determining component determines that the device is located in the vehicle and the comparison signal determines that the device is performing the at least one action.

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A non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, for use with a database having stored therein, at least one signature corresponding to at least one action of a device within a vehicle, the at least one action compromising driving if performed by the device while a user of the device is driving the vehicle, the computer-readable instructions being capable of being read by a computer and being capable of instructing the computer to perform the method comprising:

determining, via a device location determining component, whether the device is located in the vehicle;
detecting, via a parameter detecting component, a parameter;
generating, via the parameter detecting component, a parameter signature based on the detected parameter if the device location determining component determines that the device is located in the vehicle;
accessing, via an accessing component, one of the at least one signature from the database;
generating, via a comparing component, a comparison signal indicating that the device is performing the at least one action based on a comparison of the parameter signature and the at least one signature;
and
instructing, via a mode controlling component, the device to operate in a vehicle mode when the location determining component determines that the device is located in the vehicle and the comparison signal determines that the device is performing the at least one action.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/230,442Filed 7 Aug 2016 · continuation
Priority: 20 Mar 2015
Published: US 2016/0345164 A124 Nov 2016
Granted: 9 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

H04W 4/02
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services making use of location information
H04W 8/22
Network data management: processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
G01B 21/00
Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered
G10L 25/54
For comparison or discrimination: for retrieval