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Methods and apparatus for adaptively assisting developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired drivers

  • US 10,449,968 B2
  • Filed: 08/11/2017
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle, comprising:

  • a processor of an adaptive driver assistance apparatus, the processor configured to;

    determine an operational mode of the adaptive driver assistance apparatus, the operational mode being selectively set to one of a normal mode, an assistive driving mode, or an assistive learning mode;

    generate, in response to determining that the operational mode is set to the normal mode, first navigation data to assist a first driver in guiding the vehicle from a first location to a second location;

    determine, in response to determining that the operational mode is set to the assistive driving mode, whether a driver record associated with a second driver is accessible to the adaptive driver assistance apparatus, the driver record including driver identification data that uniquely identifies the second driver, driver disability data that identifies a developmental disability or a cognitive impairment of the second driver, and personalized driver assistance data tailored to the driver disability data of the second driver;

    generate, in response to determining that the driver record is accessible to the adaptive driver assistance apparatus, second navigation data to assist the second driver in guiding the vehicle from the first location to the second location, the second navigation data being adapted relative to the first navigation data based on the personalized driver assistance data; and

    set the operational mode from the assistive driving mode to the assistive learning mode in response to determining that the driver record is not accessible to the adaptive driver assistance apparatus, the assistive learning mode to invoke an in-vehicle simulated driving experience to generate a new driver record associated with the second driver; and

    a user interface of the adaptive driver assistance apparatus operatively coupled to the processor, the user interface configured to present the first navigation data to the first driver, to present the second navigation data to the second driver, and to present the in-vehicle simulated driving experience to the second driver.

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