Systems and methods for the mitigation of drowsy or sleepy driving
First Claim
1. A system for mitigating drowsy driving, the system comprising:
- a set of sensors disposed on-board a vehicle operated by a driver;
a personal tracking device that senses one or more physiological conditions of the driver; and
one or more computing devices communicatively connected to the set of on-board sensors of the vehicle and to the personal tracking device, the one or more computing devices including one or more processors, one or more memories, and a set of computer-executable instructions stored on the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to;
collect, via one or more communication channels, vehicle-related telematics data generated by the set of on-board sensors of the vehicle;
collect, via the one or more communication channels, wellness-related telematics data generated by the personal tracking device based on the sensed physiological conditions of the driver, the wellness-related telematics data including sleep data indicative of at least one of a quality or a duration of sleep achieved by the driver;
collect, via the one or more communication channels, context-related telematics data indicative of an environment in which the vehicle is operating, wherein the context-related telematics data is collected from an infrastructure sensing system external to the vehicle;
interpret the vehicle-related telematics data in conjunction with the wellness-related telematics data and the context-related telematics data, thereby generating information indicative of a drowsy state of the driver; and
cause a mitigating action to be performed based on the generated information indicative of the drowsy state of the driver.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for mitigating drowsy and/or sleepy driving may include utilizing vehicle-related and wellness-related telematics to detect and/or predict drowsy and/or sleepy driving states of a driver of a vehicle and take mitigating actions to thereby increase the safety of the driver and other people and/or vehicles in the vicinity of the driver'"'"'s vehicle. Vehicle-related telematics data and wellness-related telematics data (which may include sleep data) may be collected via sensors that disposed on-board the vehicle, in the vehicle'"'"'s environment, and at a personal health/fitness tracker of the driver. The collected data may be collectively interpreted to detect, predict, and/or otherwise discover information relating to a drowsy and/or sleepy state of the driver, and one or more mitigating actions may be automatically performed based on the discovered information to thereby mitigate undesirable effects of drowsy/sleepy driving and increase driving safety.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for mitigating drowsy driving, the system comprising:
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a set of sensors disposed on-board a vehicle operated by a driver; a personal tracking device that senses one or more physiological conditions of the driver; and one or more computing devices communicatively connected to the set of on-board sensors of the vehicle and to the personal tracking device, the one or more computing devices including one or more processors, one or more memories, and a set of computer-executable instructions stored on the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to; collect, via one or more communication channels, vehicle-related telematics data generated by the set of on-board sensors of the vehicle; collect, via the one or more communication channels, wellness-related telematics data generated by the personal tracking device based on the sensed physiological conditions of the driver, the wellness-related telematics data including sleep data indicative of at least one of a quality or a duration of sleep achieved by the driver; collect, via the one or more communication channels, context-related telematics data indicative of an environment in which the vehicle is operating, wherein the context-related telematics data is collected from an infrastructure sensing system external to the vehicle; interpret the vehicle-related telematics data in conjunction with the wellness-related telematics data and the context-related telematics data, thereby generating information indicative of a drowsy state of the driver; and cause a mitigating action to be performed based on the generated information indicative of the drowsy state of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for mitigating drowsy driving, the method comprising:
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collecting, via one or more communication channels by one or more computing devices, vehicle-related telematics data generated by a set of sensors monitoring at least one of a condition or a behavior of a vehicle operated by a driver; collecting, via the one or more communication channels by the one or more computing devices, wellness-related telematics data generated by a personal tracking device that senses physiological conditions of the driver, the wellness-related telematics data based on the sensed physiological conditions of the driver, and the wellness-related telematics data including sleep data that is indicative of at least one of a quality or a duration of sleep achieved by the driver; collecting, via the one or more communication channels by the one or more computing devices, context-related telematics data indicative of an environment in which the vehicle is operating, wherein the context-related telematics data is collected from an infrastructure sensing system external to the vehicle; interpreting, at the one or more computing devices, the vehicle-related telematics data in conjunction with the wellness-related telematics data and the context-related telematics data, thereby generating information indicative of a drowsy state of the driver; and transmitting, by the one or computing devices, a command for a mitigating action to be performed, the command for the mitigation action based on the generated information indicative of the drowsy state of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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