Health monitoring system operable in a vehicle environment
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising steps of:
- acquiring occupant pulse rate information and occupant motion information for an occupant of the vehicle;
classifying, using the occupant motion information, a current activity level of the occupant into one of a plurality of predetermined activity levels;
determining a range of safe pulse rates for the occupant at the current activity level, the step of determining the range of safe pulse rates including determining a safe minimum pulse rate for the occupant at the current activity level of the occupant and determining a safe maximum pulse rate for the occupant at the current activity level of the occupant;
determining, using the range of safe pulse rates for the occupant, if a current pulse rate of the occupant indicates a cardiac health risk to the occupant; and
responsive to a determination that the current pulse rate of the occupant indicates a cardiac health risk to the occupant, controlling the vehicle.
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Abstract
A method of controlling a vehicle is provided. The method may include steps of: acquiring occupant pulse rate information and occupant motion information for an occupant of the vehicle; classifying, using the occupant motion information, a current activity level of the occupant into one of a plurality of predetermined activity levels; determining a range of safe pulse rates for the occupant at the current activity level; determining, using the range of safe pulse rates for the occupant, if a current pulse rate of the occupant indicates a cardiac health risk to the occupant; and, responsive to a determination that the current pulse rate of the occupant indicates a cardiac health risk to the occupant, controlling the vehicle.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising steps of:
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acquiring occupant pulse rate information and occupant motion information for an occupant of the vehicle; classifying, using the occupant motion information, a current activity level of the occupant into one of a plurality of predetermined activity levels; determining a range of safe pulse rates for the occupant at the current activity level, the step of determining the range of safe pulse rates including determining a safe minimum pulse rate for the occupant at the current activity level of the occupant and determining a safe maximum pulse rate for the occupant at the current activity level of the occupant; determining, using the range of safe pulse rates for the occupant, if a current pulse rate of the occupant indicates a cardiac health risk to the occupant; and responsive to a determination that the current pulse rate of the occupant indicates a cardiac health risk to the occupant, controlling the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for autonomously controlling a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a vehicle computing system; and a health monitoring system including one or more health monitoring system processors, and a health monitoring system memory in communication with the one or more health monitoring system processors, the health monitoring system memory being configured for storing information and program instructions usable by the one or more health monitoring system processors, and wherein the health monitoring system memory stores, a user activity level classification module including instructions that when executed by the one or more health monitoring system processors cause the one or more processors to classify a current activity level of a vehicle occupant using motion information relating to the vehicle occupant; a cardiac health risk determination module including instructions that when executed by the one or more health monitoring system processors cause the one or more processors to determine if a current pulse rate of the vehicle occupant at the current activity level indicates a cardiac health risk to the vehicle occupant; and a health alert generation module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to, responsive to a determination that a current pulse rate of the vehicle occupant indicates a cardiac health risk to the vehicle occupant, generate one or more health alert signals to the vehicle computing system, the vehicle computing system being in communication with the health monitoring system and configured for autonomously controlling the vehicle, the vehicle computing system including one or more processors for controlling operation of the vehicle computing system, and a memory for storing data and program instructions usable by the one or more processors for controlling operation of the vehicle computing system, wherein the one or more processors for controlling operation of the vehicle computing system are configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to control the vehicle responsive to receipt of a health alert signal from the health monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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