Apparatus and Method for Vehicle Driver Recognition and Customization Using Onboard Vehicle System Settings
First Claim
1. A vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of vehicle systems each having a corresponding set of vehicle system settings (VSS), said set of VSS being one of a driver-selectable set of VSS and a driver-adjustable set of VSS; and
a control system operable for statistically modeling said set of VSS to thereby generate a historical driver profile (HDP), and for processing said HDP to thereby determine an identify a driver of the vehicle;
wherein said control system is operable for automatically controlling a setting of at least one of said plurality of vehicle systems using said identity.
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Abstract
A vehicle includes vehicle systems each having driver-selectable vehicle system settings (VSS), and a control system for statistically modeling the VSS to determine an identity of a driver. The control system automatically controls a setting of at least one of the vehicle systems using or based on the identity. The control system statistically models the VSS for the driver over time to produce a historical driver profile (HDP) for the driver, and can automatically update the HDP when said driver manually changes any one of the VSS. An optional driver identification device can verify the identity. A method for controlling a predetermined onboard system of a vehicle includes collecting a set of VSS for a plurality of onboard systems, processing the VSS through a statistical modeling algorithm to determine an identity of a driver of the vehicle, and automatically controlling a predetermined onboard system using the identity of the driver.
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18 Claims
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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a plurality of vehicle systems each having a corresponding set of vehicle system settings (VSS), said set of VSS being one of a driver-selectable set of VSS and a driver-adjustable set of VSS; and a control system operable for statistically modeling said set of VSS to thereby generate a historical driver profile (HDP), and for processing said HDP to thereby determine an identify a driver of the vehicle; wherein said control system is operable for automatically controlling a setting of at least one of said plurality of vehicle systems using said identity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling a predetermined onboard system of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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collecting a set of vehicle system settings (VSS) for a plurality of different onboard systems of the vehicle, said set of VSS being one of a driver-selectable set of VSS and a driver-adjustable set of VSS; processing the set of driver-selectable VSS through a statistical modeling algorithm to thereby determine an identity of a driver of the vehicle; and automatically controlling the predetermined onboard system using the identity of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for controlling a predetermined onboard system of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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collecting a set of driver-selectable vehicle system settings (VSS); processing the set of driver-selectable VSS through a statistical modeling algorithm utilizing a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) to thereby determine an identity of a driver of the vehicle; and automatically adjusting a setting of the predetermined onboard system using said identity. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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