Motor Vehicle Driver and Passenger Identification System and Method

• US 20140172238A1
• Filed: 12/16/2013
• Published: 06/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dean A. Craine
• Original Assignee: Dean A. Craine
• Inventors: Craine, Dean A.
• Application Number:
  US14/108,034
• Publication Number:
  US 20140172238A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/48
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/445 by mutual authentication, e.g. between devices or programs
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A system and method for automatically determining the identify of a previously identified driver and then automatically adjusting a vehicle'"'"'s entertainment settings, the seating settings, the mirror settings, and the climate control settings desired by the driver. The system may also select and transmit customized welcome and personal voice commands to the driver while the vehicle is operated. The system includes a first Bluetooth transceiver located inside a motor vehicle configured to create a piconet with a compatible second Bluetooth receiver in an electronic device associated to the driver and transported to the motor vehicle. The first Bluetooth transceiver is coupled to a motor vehicle based control unit with a control program. The control unit is coupled to a user database, a setting database, and a voice software program. When the electronic device in the vicinity of the motor vehicle and a piconet is created, the identity of the driver is determined and the control unit adjusts and vehicle'"'"'s the settings and the play back voice accordingly.

Claims

1. A system to automatically determine the identity of driver and automatically adjust a motor vehicle'"'"'s settings, comprising,

a. a motor vehicle with a first Bluetooth transceiver, said first Bluetooth transceiver configured to be selectively paired with second Bluetooth transceivers in electronic device operating in the vicinity of said motor vehicle

b. an electronic device with a second Bluetooth transceiver and assigned to a driver of said motor vehicle;

c. a control unit operating in said motor vehicle, said control unit having working memory;

d. a control software program loaded into said working memory of said control unit, said control software program presents a menu page containing operational, entertainment, climate control and mirror settings; and

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e. user database coupled to said control unit, said user database containing driver information and operational, entertainment, climate control setting information selected by a user.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, further including said control software program presents a voice gender selection button.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, further including a driver designation menu page on a display inside said motor vehicle acknowledging the detection of two or more previously paired second Bluetooth transceivers and allowing a driver associated with one of said second Bluetooth transceivers to be selected to control the settings of said motor vehicle.

3. The system as recited in claim 3, wherein said voice library database contains standardized or personalized greetings for each said user.