Driver safety manager
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1. A system for ensuring driver safety in a vehicle, said system comprising:
- an arrangement for communicating with a plurality of systems impacting driver safety;
said communicating arrangement being adapted to receive, from the plurality of systems impacting driver safety, information on current conditions relevant to driver safety;
an arrangement for evaluating whether driver safety is at risk, based on information received by said communicating arrangement; and
an arrangement for performing operations to ensure driver safety, responsive to said evaluating arrangement.
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Abstract
A unified approach that permits the consideration of different issues and problems that affect driving safety. Particularly, there is proposed herein the creation of a driver safety manager (DSM). The driver safety manager embraces numerous different factors, multimodal data, processes, internal and external systems and the like associated with driving.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for ensuring driver safety in a vehicle, said system comprising:
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an arrangement for communicating with a plurality of systems impacting driver safety;
said communicating arrangement being adapted to receive, from the plurality of systems impacting driver safety, information on current conditions relevant to driver safety;
an arrangement for evaluating whether driver safety is at risk, based on information received by said communicating arrangement; and
an arrangement for performing operations to ensure driver safety, responsive to said evaluating arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for ensuring driver safety in a plurality of vehicles, said system comprising:
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an arrangement in each vehicle for communicating with a plurality of systems impacting the safety of drivers in the plurality of vehicles;
said communicating arrangements being adapted to receive, from the plurality of systems impacting driver safety, information on current conditions relevant to driver safety;
an arrangement for evaluating whether the safety of one or more drivers is at risk, based on information received by said communicating arrangements; and
an arrangement for performing operations to ensure driver safety, responsive to said evaluating arrangement.
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13. A method of ensuring driver safety in a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing an arrangement for communicating with a plurality of systems impacting driver safety;
with the communicating arrangement, receiving, from the plurality of systems impacting driver safety, information on current conditions relevant to driver safety;
evaluating whether driver safety is at risk, based on information received by the communicating arrangement; and
performing operations to ensure driver safety, responsive to the evaluating arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of ensuring driver safety in a plurality of vehicles, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing an arrangement in each vehicle for communicating with a plurality of systems impacting the safety of drivers in the plurality of vehicles;
with the communicating arrangements, receiving, from the plurality of systems impacting driver safety, information on current conditions relevant to driver safety;
evaluating whether the safety of one or more drivers is at risk, based on information received by the communicating arrangements; and
performing operations to ensure driver safety, responsive to the evaluating arrangement.
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25. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps ensuring driver safety in a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing an arrangement for communicating with a plurality of systems impacting driver safety;
with the communicating arrangement, receiving, from the plurality of systems impacting driver safety, information on current conditions relevant to driver safety;
evaluating whether driver safety is at risk, based on information received by the communicating arrangement; and
performing operations to ensure driver safety, responsive to the evaluating arrangement.
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26. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for ensuring driver safety in a plurality of vehicles, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing an arrangement in each vehicle for communicating with a plurality of systems impacting the safety of drivers in the plurality of vehicles;
with the communicating arrangements, receiving, from the plurality of systems impacting driver safety, information on current conditions relevant to driver safety;
evaluating whether the safety of one or more drivers is at risk, based on information received by the communicating arrangements; and
performing operations to ensure driver safety, responsive to the evaluating arrangement.
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