Method for real-time assessment of driver workload by a navigation or telematics device
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1. A system for real-time assessment of driver workload by a vehicle device, comprising:
- means for monitoring driver interaction with the vehicle device;
means for estimating driver workload based on the driver interaction;
means for comparing the estimated driver workload to a driver workload lockout criteria; and
means for disabling a display on the vehicle device if the estimated driver workload meets or exceeds the driver workload lockout criteria.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for real-time assessment of driver workload by a vehicle device. To determine driver workload, the system monitors the driver interaction with the vehicle device. The driver interaction is then used to determine an estimated driver workload based on the driver interaction. In one embodiment, the vehicle device has one or more buttons configured to be pressed by the driver and each of the one or more buttons has an assigned driver workload value. The system sums the workload value of the buttons pressed by the driver over a moving time window to determine the estimated driver workload.
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1. A system for real-time assessment of driver workload by a vehicle device, comprising:
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means for monitoring driver interaction with the vehicle device; means for estimating driver workload based on the driver interaction; means for comparing the estimated driver workload to a driver workload lockout criteria; and means for disabling a display on the vehicle device if the estimated driver workload meets or exceeds the driver workload lockout criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for real-time assessment of driver workload based on driver interaction with a vehicle device, comprising:
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monitoring driver interaction with one or more buttons on the vehicle device configured to be pressed by the driver, wherein each of the one or more buttons has an assigned driver workload value; estimating the driver workload with the vehicle device by summing the driver workload values of the one or more buttons pressed over a moving time window; comparing the estimated driver workload to a driver workload lockout criteria; and disabling a display on the vehicle device for a display lockout time period if the estimated driver workload meets or exceeds the driver workload lockout criteria. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A vehicle device capable of real-time assessment of driver workload based on driver interaction, comprising:
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one or more buttons configured to be pressed by the driver, each of the one or more buttons being assigned driver workload value; and one or more processors coupled to the buttons, the one or more processors being configured to estimate the driver workload with the vehicle device by summing the driver workload values of the one or more buttons pressed over a moving time window and to disable a display on the vehicle device for a display lockout time period if the if the estimated driver workload meets or exceeds a driver workload lockout criteria. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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