Method and apparatus for biometric data gathering and dissemination

• US 10,159,410 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2014
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Cuddihy, Mark A., Rao, Manoharprasad K., Le, Jialiang, Prakah-Asante, Kwaku O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Tanmay
• Application Number:
  US14/551,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20160143531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,492 Days
• Field of Search: 34087007
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/22 Motor vehicles operators, e.g. drivers, pilots, captains
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7405 using sound
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/02 responsive to conditions relating to the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0027 Post collision measures, e.g. notifying emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4451 User profiles; Roaming
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A system includes a processor configured to determine that a vehicle accident has occurred. The processor is also configured to connect to a detected wearable device. The processor is additionally configured to request measured present biometric information from the wearable device, in response to the accident determination. Also, the processor is configured to receive measured present biometric information from the wearable device and relay the biometric information to a connected emergency operator.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor configured to;

connect to a detected wearable device;

retrieve a user-profile corresponding to a received wearable device identification;

determine a user-location corresponding to the wearable device location; and

adjust a vehicle safety system based on information contained in the user profile.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the safety system includes a seat-belt restraint tensioner.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the safety system includes an airbag.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

request present biometric information from the wearable device, measurable by the wearable device;

receive the present biometric information;

compare the present biometric information to saved biometric information previously received from the wearable device; and

verify the identity of a user based on a correlation between the received present biometric information and the saved biometric information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

request input of information lacking in the user profile, needed to perform one or more vehicle safety system adjustments; and

update the user-profile based on the received information.