Method and device for diagnosing in a motor vehicle a driver's fitness drive
First Claim
1. A method for diagnosing a driving capability of a driver of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- ascertaining health-relevant data for the driver obtained while the driver is stationary;
acquiring physiological measured values for the driver while driving in the vehicle;
combining, by an expert system, the physiological measured values with the health-relevant data;
ascertaining changes in a driver condition from the combined physiological measured values and health-relevant data;
estimating a variable indicating a driver stress from data that is one of present and derived in the vehicle concerning an instantaneous traffic situation and an instantaneous vehicle operating state;
weighting and interpreting, by the expert system, the changes in the driver condition with the variable indicating a driver stress in order to detect if the driver is in an impaired condition; and
one of issuing a warning and initiating remedial actions to counteract the driver condition if the weighted and interpreted changes in the driver condition fulfill at least one predetermined criterion pertaining to the impaired condition.
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Abstract
A method is for diagnosing the driving capability of a driver of a motor vehicle, in which changes in driver condition are ascertained from physiological measured values derived from the driver while driving in the vehicle and evaluated, and if the changes are serious, a warning is issued or remedial actions are initiated, wherein the physiological measured values ascertained while driving in the vehicle are combined by a corresponding expert system with health-relevant data for the driver ascertained in stationary fashion, and with data indicating driver stress that are estimated in particular from the instantaneous traffic situation and instantaneous operating state of the vehicle, and the changes in the driver'"'"'s condition are weighted with the estimated driver stress and interpreted. An apparatus for performing the method is characterized in that the expert system is implemented in an onboard computer of the vehicle which is connected via a bus internal to the vehicle to a mobile driver condition sensor suite that supplies the physiological measured values, to a memory/transfer medium that delivers the biographical data and/or the health-relevant data ascertained in stationary fashion, and to an ACC system and driving direction system internal to the vehicle.
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1. A method for diagnosing a driving capability of a driver of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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ascertaining health-relevant data for the driver obtained while the driver is stationary;
acquiring physiological measured values for the driver while driving in the vehicle;
combining, by an expert system, the physiological measured values with the health-relevant data;
ascertaining changes in a driver condition from the combined physiological measured values and health-relevant data;
estimating a variable indicating a driver stress from data that is one of present and derived in the vehicle concerning an instantaneous traffic situation and an instantaneous vehicle operating state;
weighting and interpreting, by the expert system, the changes in the driver condition with the variable indicating a driver stress in order to detect if the driver is in an impaired condition; and
one of issuing a warning and initiating remedial actions to counteract the driver condition if the weighted and interpreted changes in the driver condition fulfill at least one predetermined criterion pertaining to the impaired condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for diagnosing a driving capability of a driver of a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a vehicle-based driver condition sensor suite configured to supply physiological measured values;
a memory/transfer arrangement configured to deliver at least one of biographical and health-relevant data, the data ascertained while the driver is stationary;
a traffic/vehicle monitor arrangement configured to ascertain and transfer an instantaneous traffic situation and an instantaneous operating data of the motor vehicle to an onboard computer of the motor vehicle;
a transmission arrangement configured to transfer a signal to an environment, the signal indicating a driver stress that is inappropriate for the instantaneous traffic situation;
an expert system arranged in the onboard computer; and
a vehicle bus arranged to connect the onboard computer to the vehicle-based driver condition sensor suite, the memory/transfer arrangement, the traffic/vehicle monitor arrangement, and the transmission arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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