METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND USING DRIVER SPECIFIC VEHICLE CONTROLS
First Claim
1. A method for implementing driver specific vehicle controls comprising:
- determining a driver'"'"'s driving characteristics for a plurality of roadway features, roadway conditions, traffic conditions, and weather conditions in a vehicle having a plurality of adjustable vehicle control systems;
determining a current roadway type over which the vehicle is moving;
comparing the driver'"'"'s driving characteristics and the current roadway type with safe driver driving characteristics for the current roadway type;
based on the comparison, selecting a vehicle control system parameter for adjustment if the driver'"'"'s driving characteristics exceeds the safe driver driving characteristics by a threshold amount; and
actuating a vehicle control system by the selected vehicle control system parameter for adjustment.
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Abstract
A driver specific vehicle control method and apparatus which can adjust one or more vehicle control systems in response to a difference of current driver driving characteristics with respect to safe driver driving characteristics on the same roadway features and vehicle operating conditions. The apparatus and method maintains a driver score for each driver of a vehicle, in the form of a set of the driver'"'"'s driving characteristics scores for each different roadway feature. The method and control apparatus determine the current position of the vehicle on a roadway and the roadway features to select the appropriate driver score for comparison. When the driver'"'"'s score exceeds a threshold difference from a safe driver score on the same roadway feature, the apparatus can adjust a control system parameter.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for implementing driver specific vehicle controls comprising:
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determining a driver'"'"'s driving characteristics for a plurality of roadway features, roadway conditions, traffic conditions, and weather conditions in a vehicle having a plurality of adjustable vehicle control systems; determining a current roadway type over which the vehicle is moving; comparing the driver'"'"'s driving characteristics and the current roadway type with safe driver driving characteristics for the current roadway type; based on the comparison, selecting a vehicle control system parameter for adjustment if the driver'"'"'s driving characteristics exceeds the safe driver driving characteristics by a threshold amount; and actuating a vehicle control system by the selected vehicle control system parameter for adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An method for implementing driver specific vehicle controls in a vehicle having a plurality of vehicle control systems with adjustable parameters, the method comprising:
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providing a vehicle with one or more sensors including at least one camera, a radar, map data, GPS, collision detectors, acceleration and deceleration sensors and braking pedal force sensors; providing a processor executing a control program with instructions to; determine a driver'"'"'s driving characteristics for a plurality of roadway features, roadway conditions, traffic conditions and weather condition; determine a current roadway type over which the vehicle is moving; compare the driver'"'"'s driving characteristics and the current roadway type with safe driver driving characteristics for the current roadway type; based on the comparison, select a vehicle control system parameter for adjustment if the driver'"'"'s driving characteristics exceeds the safe driver driving characteristics by a threshold amount; and actuate a vehicle control system by the selected vehicle system parameter for adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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