Interlock control system and method

• US 10,395,204 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2017
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Predictive Safety SRP, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Predictive Safety SRP, Inc.
• Inventors: Bowles, Henry M., Wichmann, Marcus T., Chamberlin, Darren B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pendleton, Dionne
• Application Number:
  US15/625,807
• Publication Number:
  US 20170365117A1
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
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Abstract

An interlock control system includes a client electronic device configured to administer an alertness test to a user. An interlock controller is coupled to and configured to be actuated by the client electronic device.

Claims

1. An interlock control system comprising:

a client electronic device configured to administer an alertness test to a user, wherein the client electronic device is configured to;

render a plurality of objects for use within the alertness test being administered to the user, wherein the plurality of objects includes at least one rotating object,

render a disrupter configured to distract the user,

solicit a response from the user concerning whether at least a pair of objects of the plurality of objects within the alertness test match,

receive the response from the user, and

determine a result for the user based, at least in part, upon the response received from the user; and

an interlock controller, coupled to and configured to be actuated by the client electronic device, wherein the interlock controller is configured to allow the user to gain access to a piece of restricted equipment.

2. The interlock control system of claim 1 wherein the disrupter is configured to temporarily obscure one or more of the plurality of objects.

3. The interlock control system of claim 1 wherein the disrupter is configured to introduce a delay between the rendering of the plurality of objects.

4. The interlock control system of claim 1 wherein the disrupter includes a visual disrupter.

5. The interlock control system of claim 1 wherein the disrupter includes an audible disrupter.

6. The interlock control system of claim 1 wherein the disrupter includes a physical disrupter.