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US 9,961,189 B2Granted
Detecting driving with a wearable computing device
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorMohammed Waleed Kadous
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Abstract
A wearable computing device is described that detects an indication of movement associated with the wearable computing device when a user of the wearable computing device detected being located within a moving vehicle. Based at least in part on the indication of movement, a determination is made that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the moving vehicle. An operation is performed based on the determination that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the moving vehicle.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- detecting, by a wearable computing device that is located in a vehicle, movement associated with the wearable computing device;
- determining, by the wearable computing device, based on the movement associated with the wearable computing device, whether a user of the wearable computing device is performing an act of driving within the vehicle by at least:
- inputting, into a machine learning system, an indication of the movement associated with the wearable device;
- receiving, from the machine learning system, a degree of likelihood that the user of the wearable computing device is performing the act of driving;
- and
- responsive to determining that the degree of likelihood satisfies a threshold, determining that the user of the wearable computing device is performing an act of driving;
- responsive to determining that the user of the wearable computing device is performing the act of driving within the vehicle, determining, by the wearable computing device, that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the vehicle;
- and
- responsive to determining that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the vehicle, performing, by the wearable computing device, an operation.
6 more elements
A wearable computing device comprising at least one processor configured to:
- detect movement associated with the wearable computing device when the wearable device is located in a vehicle;
- determine, based on the movement associated with the wearable computing device, whether a user of the wearable computing device is performing an act of driving within the vehicle by at least:
- inputting, into a machine learning system, an indication of the movement associated with the wearable device;
- receiving, from the machine learning system, a degree of likelihood that the user of the wearable computing device is performing the act of driving;
- and
- responsive to determining that the degree of likelihood satisfies a threshold, determining that the user of the wearable computing device is performing an act of driving;
- responsive to determining that the user of the wearable computing device is performing the act of driving within the vehicle, determine that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the vehicle;
- and
- responsive to determining that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the vehicle, perform an operation.
6 more elements
A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor of a wearable computing device to:
- detect movement associated with the wearable computing device when the wearable device is located in a vehicle;
- determine, based on the movement associated with the wearable computing device, whether a user of the wearable computing device is performing an act of driving within the vehicle by at least:
- inputting, into a machine learning system, an indication of the movement associated with the wearable device;
- receiving, from the machine learning system, a degree of likelihood that the user of the wearable computing device is performing the act of driving;
- and
- responsive to determining that the degree of likelihood satisfies a threshold, determining that the user of the wearable computing device is performing an act of driving;
- responsive to determining that the user of the wearable computing device is performing the act of driving within the vehicle, determine that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the vehicle;
- and
- responsive to determining that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the vehicle, perform an operation.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.