IDENTIFICATION ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WHILE IN AN AUTOMOBILE
First Claim
1. A method of alerting occupants of a motor vehicle of their proximity to a region with known boundaries, the region within the boundaries being characterized by an environmental condition whose nature and severity are known, the environmental condition being capable of inducing at least discomfort in at least one occupant of the vehicle, the method comprising:
- identifying the current location of the vehicle;
comparing the current vehicle location with known locations of regions with known environmental conditions;
determining whether the current location of the vehicle lies within a pre-selected distance of the bounds of the environmental condition; and
alerting the occupants of their proximity to environmental condition.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for estimating the exposure of vehicle occupants to environmental conditions capable of inducing a least discomfort. The occupants are alerted to their proximity to a zone where environmentally-challenging conditions exist and, in a first embodiment, the details of the environmental condition and the estimated duration of any exposure is communicated to the occupants; in a second embodiment a suggested course of action by which the occupants may mitigate the effect of the environmental occurrence is communicated; and in a third embodiment the proposed course of action is automatically executed subject to override by the occupants.
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7 Claims
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1. A method of alerting occupants of a motor vehicle of their proximity to a region with known boundaries, the region within the boundaries being characterized by an environmental condition whose nature and severity are known, the environmental condition being capable of inducing at least discomfort in at least one occupant of the vehicle, the method comprising:
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identifying the current location of the vehicle; comparing the current vehicle location with known locations of regions with known environmental conditions; determining whether the current location of the vehicle lies within a pre-selected distance of the bounds of the environmental condition; and alerting the occupants of their proximity to environmental condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of communicating predetermined remedial actions to the occupants of a motor when the vehicle is determined to be within a preselected distance of the known boundaries of a region;
- the region within the boundaries being characterized by an environmental condition whose nature and severity are known;
the environmental condition being capable of inducing at least discomfort in at least one occupant of the vehicle, the method comprising;identifying the current location of the vehicle; comparing the current vehicle location with the known location of regions with known environmental conditions; determining whether the current location of the vehicle lies within the pre-selected distance of the bounds of the environmental condition; estimating, based on knowledge of current vehicle speed and route, and knowledge of the bounds of the environmental condition, the duration of exposure to the environmental condition; comparing the nature, duration and severity of the environmental condition to a stored listing of environmental conditions, each nature, duration and severity of the listing of environmental conditions being associated with at least one remedial action; and when a listed environmental condition possessing substantially identical parameters for nature, duration and severity is found, communicating the associated remedial action for that condition to the vehicle occupants. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
- the region within the boundaries being characterized by an environmental condition whose nature and severity are known;
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