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REDUCING COGNITIVE DEMAND ON A VEHICLE OPERATOR BY GENERATING PASSENGER STIMULUS

  • US 20170043782A1
  • Filed: 08/13/2015
  • Published: 02/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for reducing cognitive demand on a vehicle operator, comprising:

  • detecting one or more passengers in a vehicle in addition to the vehicle operator;

    determining an acceptable level of cognitive demand on the vehicle operator corresponding to an operating environment;

    determining an existing level of cognitive demand on the vehicle operator in the operating environment, wherein the existing level of cognitive demand is attributable at least in part to an activity of the one or more passengers;

    determining whether the existing level of cognitive demand is greater than the acceptable level of cognitive demand; and

    wherein, if the existing level of cognitive demand is greater than the acceptable level of cognitive demand, generating a stimulus directed to the one or more passengers in order to reduce the existing level of cognitive demand on the vehicle operator;

    wherein the detecting, determining and generating steps are performed by a computer system comprising a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory.

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