METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVELY ASSISTING DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED OR COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED DRIVERS

• US 20180086347A1
• Filed: 08/11/2017
• Published: 03/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Motor Company
• Original Assignee: Ford Motor Company
• Inventors: Shaikh, Furqan Zafar, Porcari, Damian, Mielewski, Deborah Frances, Greenberg, Jeff Allen
• Granted Patent: US 10,449,968 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2220/02 Driver type; Driving style; Driver adaptive features
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/087 where the control system corrects or modifies a request from the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 6/007 adjustable by the driver, e.g. sport mode
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3453 Special cost functions, i.e. other than distance or default speed limit of road segments
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3626 Details of the output of route guidance instructions traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for adaptively assisting developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired drivers are disclosed. An apparatus comprises a user interface. The user interface is to present first navigation data in a first mode to assist a driver in guiding a vehicle from a current location to a destination location. The user interface is further to present second navigation data in a second mode to assist the driver in guiding the vehicle from the current location to the destination location. The second navigation data is adapted relative to the first navigation data based on driver assistance data associated with the driver.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a user interface to present first navigation data in a first mode to assist a driver in guiding a vehicle from a current location to a destination location, and to present second navigation data in a second mode to assist the driver in guiding the vehicle from the current location to the destination location, the second navigation data being adapted relative to the first navigation data based on driver assistance data associated with the driver.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the driver assistance data is based on a developmental disability or a cognitive impairment of the driver.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first navigation data includes first commands, and the second navigation data includes second commands, the second commands being adapted relative to the first commands based on the driver assistance data.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first commands and the second commands are to be presented via the user interface in an audible format.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first navigation data includes a first route and the second navigation data includes a second route, the second route being adapted relative to the first route based on the driver assistance data.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first navigation data includes first commands based on the first route, and the second navigation data includes second commands based on the second route, the second commands being adapted relative to the first commands based on differences between the first route and the second route.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a simulator to provide a simulated driving experience to the driver via the user interface in a third mode, the simulator to collect maneuver data associated with vehicle maneuvers to be performed by the driver in response to the simulated driving experience.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a performance evaluator to generate performance data associated with the driver based on the maneuver data.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a driver requirements generator to generate the driver assistance data associated with the driver based on the performance data.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a driver record generator to generate a driver record associated with the driver, the driver record to include the driver assistance data and driver identification data associated with the driver.

11. A method for providing adaptive driver assistance, the method comprising:

presenting first navigation data via a user interface in a first mode to assist a driver in guiding a vehicle from a current location to a destination location; and

presenting second navigation data via the user interface in a second mode to assist the driver in guiding the vehicle from the current location to the destination location, the second navigation data being adapted relative to the first navigation data based on driver assistance data associated with the driver.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first navigation data includes first commands, and the second navigation data includes second commands, the second commands being adapted relative to the first commands based on the driver assistance data.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first commands and the second commands are to be presented via the user interface in an audible format.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the first navigation data includes a first route and the second navigation data includes a second route, the second route being adapted relative to the first route based on the driver assistance data.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first navigation data includes first commands based on the first route, and the second navigation data includes second commands based on the second route, the second commands being adapted relative to the first commands based on differences between the first route and the second route.

16. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least:

present first navigation data via a user interface in a first mode to assist a driver in guiding a vehicle from a current location to a destination location; and

present second navigation data via the user interface in a second mode to assist the driver in guiding the vehicle from the current location to the destination location, the second navigation data being adapted relative to the first navigation data based on driver assistance data associated with the driver.

17. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the first navigation data includes first commands, and the second navigation data includes second commands, the second commands being adapted relative to the first commands based on the driver assistance data.

18. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the first commands and the second commands are to be presented via the user interface in an audible format.

19. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the first navigation data includes a first route and the second navigation data includes a second route, the second route being adapted relative to the first route based on the driver assistance data.

20. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the first navigation data includes first commands based on the first route, and the second navigation data includes second commands based on the second route, the second commands being adapted relative to the first commands based on differences between the first route and the second route.