System and method for determining a user role and user settings associated with a vehicle

• US 10,099,636 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2016
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Original Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Inventors: Boesen, Peter Vincent
• Primary Examiner(s): Goldman, Richard A
• Application Number:
  US15/356,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20170151918A1
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• Field of Search: 701 48, 713186, 340 552, 340 581, 340 582
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0248 with memory of positions
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/0809 Driver authorisation; Driver identity check
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/0872 Driver physiology
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/0881 Seat occupation; Driver or passenger presence
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/08 related to drivers or passengers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/33 using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a vehicle network. The system further includes a wireless earpiece worn by a user in operative communication with the vehicle network. The vehicle is configured to determine a role of the user and user settings for the vehicle from data received from the wireless earpiece and implement the user settings for the vehicle. A method for adjusting user settings associated with a vehicle based on data from a wireless earpiece includes acquiring user data from a wireless earpiece worn by a user at a vehicle, based on the user data, determining by the vehicle one or more user settings and a role of the user, and automatically adjusting by the vehicle of one or more vehicle features based on the one or more user settings in accordance with the role of the user.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a vehicle network; and

a wireless earpiece worn by a user in operative communication with the vehicle network;

wherein the vehicle is configured to determine a role of the user and user settings for the vehicle from data received from the wireless earpiece and an action performed by the user on the vehicle, wherein the data includes inertial data from an inertial sensor of the wireless earpiece;

wherein the wireless earpiece is configured to confirm an identity of the user using the data stored on the wireless earpiece; and

wherein the vehicle is further configured to implement the user settings in accordance with the role of the user in response to the confirmation of the identity of the user by the wireless earpiece.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the data includes biometric data.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the biometric data is determined using one or more sensors of the wireless earpiece.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the one or more sensors include a physiological sensor.

5. The system of claim 2 wherein the biometric data comprises biometric data stored on the wireless earpiece.

6. The system of claim 2 wherein the user settings comprise seat settings and wherein the biometric data includes height information.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the user settings comprise entertainment settings and wherein the data comprises entertainment data.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the entertainment settings include radio presets and wherein the entertainment data comprises music preferences.

9. The system of claim 6 wherein recommendations associated with the seat settings are provided by the wireless earpiece in accordance with the biometric data of the user.

10. A method for adjusting one or more user settings associated with a vehicle based on user data from a wireless earpiece worn by a user, the method comprising:

acquiring, by the vehicle, the user data stored on the wireless earpiece worn by the user via a wireless linkage between the vehicle and the wireless earpiece, wherein the user data includes data from an inertial sensor of the wireless earpiece;

based on the user data, confirming, by the wireless earpiece, an identity of the user;

based on the user data, determining, by the vehicle, the one or more user settings;

based on the user data and vehicle data, determining, by the vehicle, a role of the user; and

automatically adjusting, by the vehicle, one or more vehicle features based on the one or more user settings in accordance with the role of the user in response to the confirmation of the identity of the user by the wireless earpiece.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the user data comprises biometric data.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the user data comprises music preference data.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the user settings include entertainment system settings.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the entertainment system settings include radio preset settings.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the confirmation of the identity of the user is further determined from answers provided by the user in response to questions communicated to the user by the wireless earpiece, wherein the questions are associated with activities of the user.