System and method for responding to driver state
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1. A method of controlling one or more vehicle systems in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- receiving monitoring information from one or more monitoring systems;
determining a plurality of driver states of a driver based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems, wherein the plurality of driver states includes a first driver state comprising hand contact of the driver with a steering wheel of the motor vehicle, and a second driver state comprising engagement of a brake pedal or engagement of an accelerator pedal by the driver;
determining a combined driver state index as a value dependent on evaluating the plurality of driver states together, including evaluating the first driver state and the second driver state together; and
controlling the one or more vehicle systems as a function of the combined driver state index.
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Abstract
A method for controlling vehicle systems includes receiving monitoring information from one or more monitoring systems and determining a plurality of driver states based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems. The method includes determining a combined driver state based on the plurality of driver states and modifying control of one or more vehicle systems based on the combined driver state.
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1. A method of controlling one or more vehicle systems in a motor vehicle, comprising:
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receiving monitoring information from one or more monitoring systems; determining a plurality of driver states of a driver based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems, wherein the plurality of driver states includes a first driver state comprising hand contact of the driver with a steering wheel of the motor vehicle, and a second driver state comprising engagement of a brake pedal or engagement of an accelerator pedal by the driver; determining a combined driver state index as a value dependent on evaluating the plurality of driver states together, including evaluating the first driver state and the second driver state together; and controlling the one or more vehicle systems as a function of the combined driver state index. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of controlling vehicle systems in a motor vehicle, comprising:
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receiving monitoring information from one or more monitoring systems; determining a plurality of driver states of a driver based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems, wherein the plurality of driver states includes a first driver state comprising hand contact of the driver with a steering wheel of the motor vehicle, and a second driver state comprising braking of the motor vehicle; determining a combined driver state index resulting from confirming the plurality of driver states together; and controlling the one or more vehicle systems to engage or disengage a function of the one or more vehicle systems according to the combined driver state index. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of controlling one or more vehicle systems in a motor vehicle, comprising:
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receiving monitoring information from a plurality of monitoring systems; determining a plurality of driver states of a driver based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems, wherein the plurality of driver states includes a behavioral driver state comprising hand contact of the driver with a steering wheel of the motor vehicle, and a vehicular-sensed driver state comprising engagement of a brake pedal or engagement of an accelerator pedal by the driver determining a combined driver state index as a function of evaluating the plurality of driver states together, including evaluating the behavioral driver state and the vehicular-sensed driver state together; and modifying a control status of the one or more vehicle systems as a function of the combined driver state index. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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