METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING DRIVER SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

• US 20170267100A1
• Filed: 06/05/2017
• Published: 09/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Corp.
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: BEATTIE JR., JAMES G., Chan, Jesse
• Granted Patent: US 9,878,619 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/0809 Driver authorisation; Driver identity check
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/089 Driver voice
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/105 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/305 by remotely controlling device operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/00 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/56 exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/59 inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0129 for creating historical data or processing based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0141 for traffic information dissemination
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/04 using optical or ultrasonic detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0967 Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 : where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 : Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 : for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 : for in-vehicle communication

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, by a system comprising a processor, a driver profile according to a driver identity for a driver of a vehicle, selecting a driver-specific enforcement scenario for the vehicle according to the driver profile and traffic enforcement information that is associated with a vehicle location, and presenting an in-vehicle alert to convey the driver-specific enforcement scenario to the driver. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

accessing, by a processing system including a processor, traffic enforcement information associated with a location of a vehicle;

accessing, by the processing system, a driver profile associated with the vehicle;

selecting, by the processing system, a driver-specific traffic enforcement scenario from the traffic enforcement information according to the driver profile; and

presenting, by the processing system, an in-vehicle alert to convey the driver-specific traffic enforcement scenario via a presentation device of the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing, by the processing system, a traffic enforcement grade associated with the location of the vehicle, wherein the driver-specific traffic enforcement scenario is further selected according to the traffic enforcement grade.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the traffic enforcement grade comprises a relative strictness of enforcement of traffic laws at the location of the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the processing system, a driver identity associated with the vehicle; and

retrieving, by the processing system, the driver profile according to the driver identity.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the processing system, a vehicle operating parameter from the vehicle, and wherein the driver-specific traffic enforcement scenario is further selected according to the vehicle operating parameter.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting, by the processing system, an event along a path being driven by the vehicle according to the location of the vehicle, wherein the driver-specific traffic enforcement scenario is further selected according to the event.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the traffic enforcement information comprises information that is collected from a social media service.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the traffic enforcement information comprises traffic citation data that is correlated to one of driver demographic data, type of vehicle, state of vehicle registration, or any combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the traffic enforcement information comprises traffic citation data that is correlated to law enforcement demographic data, court traffic fine data, or any combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing, by the processing system, biometric information from a driver at the vehicle; and

comparing, by the processing system, the biometric information to identifying information to determine a driver identity for the driver, wherein the driver profile is accessed according to the driver identity.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the traffic enforcement information is correlated to law enforcement personnel and wherein the traffic enforcement information comprises on-duty information that is associated with the law enforcement personnel.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

capturing, by the processing system, monitoring information at the vehicle; and

transmitting, by the processing system, the monitoring information to a network, wherein the monitoring information is included with the traffic enforcement information that is associated with the location of the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the processing system, operator license information from the driver profile, wherein the driver-specific enforcement scenario further selected according to the operator license information.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

selecting, by the processing system, a vehicle operating parameter to receive from the vehicle according to the operator license information;

receiving, by the processing system, the vehicle operating parameter from the vehicle;

determining, by the processing system, that the vehicle operating parameter exceeds a threshold value; and

transmitting, by the processing system, a message to a second communication device responsive to determining that the vehicle operating parameter exceeds the threshold.

15. A server device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving driver identity information from a vehicle;

determining a driver profile according to the driver identity information;

receiving location information from the vehicle;

accessing traffic enforcement information associated with the location information from the vehicle;

selecting a driver-specific traffic enforcement scenario from the traffic enforcement information according to the driver profile; and

transmitting notification information to the vehicle to convey the driver-specific traffic enforcement scenario via a presentation device of the vehicle.

16. The server device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise accessing a traffic enforcement grade associated with the location information, wherein the driver-specific traffic enforcement scenario is further selected according to the traffic enforcement grade, and wherein the traffic enforcement grade comprises a relative strictness of enforcement of traffic laws at the location information.

17. The server device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a vehicle operating parameter from the vehicle, and wherein the driver-specific traffic enforcement scenario is further selected according to the vehicle operating parameter.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving location information from a vehicle;

accessing traffic enforcement information associated with the location information;

accessing a traffic enforcement grade associated with the location information, and wherein the traffic enforcement grade comprises a relative strictness of enforcement of traffic laws at a location associated with the location information.

selecting a traffic enforcement scenario from the traffic enforcement information according to the traffic enforcement grade; and

transmitting notification information to the vehicle to convey the traffic enforcement scenario via a presentation device of the vehicle.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the traffic enforcement information comprises traffic citation data that is correlated to driver demographic data, type of vehicle, state of vehicle registration, or any combination thereof.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the traffic enforcement information comprises traffic citation data that is correlated to law enforcement demographic data, court traffic fine data, or any combination thereof.