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Thermal grill for body cooling and driver alertness

  • US 8,831,836 B2
  • Filed: 05/14/2013
  • Issued: 09/09/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for controlling a thermal grill on a steering wheel of a vehicle having a driver with biomarker information, comprising:

  • receiving signals representing the biomarker information;

    configuring the thermal grill to a heat sink configuration based on said biomarker information;

    receiving signals representing additional biomarker information while the thermal grill is in said heat sink configuration;

    determining, by a processor, if a vasoconstriction threshold is passed based on said additional biomarker information; and

    configuring the thermal grill into a second configuration, wherein said second configuration is not said heat sink configuration, when a vasoconstriction threshold is passed.

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