Method and system for impaired driving detection, monitoring and accident prevention with driving habits
First Claim
1. A method for automatically determining an impaired driver based on driving habits, comprising:
- assigning a plurality of numeric probability impairment values for a pre-determined driver impairment test method to a plurality of driver performance actions completed by a driver while driving a vehicle in a non-transitory computer readable medium on an electronic circuit with one or more processors on the vehicle;
creating automatically a unique driver profile in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the electronic circuit in the vehicle for the driver of the vehicle collected from a plurality of electronic signals from a plurality of individual components in a passenger compartment of the vehicle configured and used by the driver of the vehicle;
receiving continuously in real-time a plurality of event signals on the electronic circuit in the vehicle resulting from the driver operating the vehicle and completing one or more of the plurality driver performance actions; and
conducting continuously in real-time an impairment test for the impairment test method with the assigned plurality of numeric probability impairment values over a pre-determined time interval to compare a frequency of the received plurality of event signals for the one or more of the plurality of driver performance actions completed by the driver to those previously stored in the unique driver profile for the driver to determine with a statistical probability whether the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired based on the unique behavior patterns for the driver of the vehicle stored in the unique driver profile,and if the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired,sending a first message from the electronic circuit via a wireless interface on the vehicle via a wireless communications network to the driver of the vehicle or to an external network device with one or more processors indicating the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired.
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Abstract
A method and system for impaired driving detection, monitoring and accident prevention with driving habits. An impairment test method is provided with an impairment test determining in real-time whether a driver of vehicle is impaired (e.g., has used drugs, alcohol, is distracted, talking, texting, eating, etc. or is drowsy, etc.). The impairment test determines plural assigned probability impairment values over a pre-determined time interval to compare a frequency of received plural event signals from a passenger compartment of the vehicle for one or more of the plural driver performance actions completed by a driver of a vehicle to those previously stored in a unique driver profile for the driver to determine with a statistical probability whether the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired based on the unique behavior patterns for the driver of the vehicle stored in the unique driver profile. The unique driver profile includes unique behavior patterns of the driver comprising “habit evidence” to determine if a driver may be impaired.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for automatically determining an impaired driver based on driving habits, comprising:
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assigning a plurality of numeric probability impairment values for a pre-determined driver impairment test method to a plurality of driver performance actions completed by a driver while driving a vehicle in a non-transitory computer readable medium on an electronic circuit with one or more processors on the vehicle; creating automatically a unique driver profile in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the electronic circuit in the vehicle for the driver of the vehicle collected from a plurality of electronic signals from a plurality of individual components in a passenger compartment of the vehicle configured and used by the driver of the vehicle; receiving continuously in real-time a plurality of event signals on the electronic circuit in the vehicle resulting from the driver operating the vehicle and completing one or more of the plurality driver performance actions; and conducting continuously in real-time an impairment test for the impairment test method with the assigned plurality of numeric probability impairment values over a pre-determined time interval to compare a frequency of the received plurality of event signals for the one or more of the plurality of driver performance actions completed by the driver to those previously stored in the unique driver profile for the driver to determine with a statistical probability whether the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired based on the unique behavior patterns for the driver of the vehicle stored in the unique driver profile, and if the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired, sending a first message from the electronic circuit via a wireless interface on the vehicle via a wireless communications network to the driver of the vehicle or to an external network device with one or more processors indicating the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for automatically determining an impaired driver based on driving habits, comprising in combination:
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an external network device with one or more processors; a wireless communications network; a vehicle with an electronic circuit, a non-transitory computer readable medium and one or more processors with a plurality of instructions causing the one or more processors to execute steps; for assigning a plurality of numeric probability impairment values for a pre-determined driver impairment test method to a plurality of driver performance actions completed by a driver while driving the vehicle in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the electronic circuit with the one or more processors on the vehicle; for creating automatically a unique driver profile in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the electronic circuit in the vehicle for the driver of the vehicle collected from a plurality of electronic signals from a plurality of individual components in a passenger compartment of the vehicle configured and used by the driver of the vehicle; for receiving continuously in real-time a plurality of event signals on the electronic circuit in the vehicle resulting from the driver operating the vehicle and completing one or more of the plurality driver performance actions; for conducting continuously in real-time an impairment test for the impairment test method with the assigned plurality of numeric probability impairment values over a pre-determined time interval to compare a frequency of the received plurality of event signals for the one or more of the plurality of driver performance actions completed by the driver to those previously stored in the unique driver profile for the driver to determine with a statistical probability whether the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired based on the unique behavior patterns for the driver of the vehicle stored in the unique driver profile, and if the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired, for sending a first message from the electronic circuit via a wireless interface on the vehicle via the wireless communications network to the driver of the vehicle or to the external network device with one or more processors indicating the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired; and for sending a second message from the electronic circuit via the wireless interface on the vehicle via the wireless communications network to the external network device including the event signals comprising the current lack of awareness behavior patterns, unintentional behavior patterns, uncontrollable behavior patterns and involuntary behavior patterns currently exhibited by the driver while operating the vehicle that are different from the unique behavior patterns stored in the unique driver profile that indicate the driver is impaired while operating the vehicle.
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