Mobile device safe driving

• US 8,874,162 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2012
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Schrader, Joseph A., Sarin, Raman K., Chen, Ted Tai-Yu, Agarwal, Sharad, Matthews, Joseph H. III, Guday, Shai, King, Joseph Spencer
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US13/726,097
• Publication Number:
  US 20130303143A1
• Time in Patent Office: 675 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 455/418, 455/569.2, 340/670
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/22 Psychological state; Stress level or workload
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096725 where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724631 by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724634 With partially locked states, e.g. when some telephonic functional locked states or applications remain accessible in the locked states
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• 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 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

In embodiments of mobile device safe driving, a mobile device can display a device lock screen on an integrated display device, and transition from the device lock screen to display a driving mode lock screen. The transition to display the driving mode lock screen occurs without receiving a PIN code entered on the device lock screen. The mobile device implements a safe driving service that is implemented to activate a safe driving mode of the mobile device, and disable features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

a display device; and

a processing system to implement a safe driving service that is configured to perform operations comprising;

determining whether a user of the mobile device is driving a vehicle or is a passenger in the vehicle;

responsive to the determining that the user is driving the vehicle, activating a safe driving mode of the mobile device to cause the display device to transition to a driving mode lock screen without entry of an authentication credential; and

disabling features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.

2. A mobile device as recited in claim 1, wherein the safe driving service is configured to register safe driving events and unsafe driving events associated with use of the mobile device by a user of the mobile device driving.

3. A mobile device as recited in claim 2, wherein the safe driving service is configured to aggregate the safe driving events and the unsafe driving events to generate a safe driving report that indicates one of safe driving or unsafe driving.

4. A mobile device as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a communication interface for communicating with one or more other devices that are associated with the mobile device; and

wherein the safe driving service is configured to communicate a safe driving report to an associated device of the mobile device.

5. A mobile device as recited in claim 4, wherein the safe driving service is configured to generate the safe driving report to indicate that the features of the mobile device were enabled by user override of a safe driving mode while the mobile device was moving in a vehicle.

6. A mobile device as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

an integrated digital camera of the mobile device that generates a digital image; and

wherein the safe driving service is configured to determine whether the user of the mobile device is driving or is a passenger in the vehicle based on the digital image.

7. A mobile device as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

an audio sensor configured to detect audio in the vehicle; and

wherein the safe driving service is configured to generate an unsafe driving notification to indicate that the audio in the vehicle is a driver distraction.

8. A mobile device as recited in claim 1, wherein the safe driving service is configured to:

determine that the mobile device has stopped in a vehicle at an unknown location;

determine a position of the mobile device based on location data; and

generate an unsafe driving notification to indicate that the vehicle has stopped at the unknown location.

9. A method, comprising:

displaying a device lock screen on an integrated display device of a mobile device;

receiving user input entered on the device lock screen without receiving an authentication credential;

transitioning from displaying the device lock screen to displaying a driving mode lock screen;

activating a safe driving mode of the mobile device; and

disabling features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.

10. A method as recited in claim 9, further comprising:

registering safe driving events and unsafe driving events associated with use of the mobile device by a user of the mobile device driving.

11. A method as recited in claim 10, further comprising:

aggregating the safe driving events and the unsafe driving events; and

generating a safe driving report that indicates at least one of safe driving or unsafe driving.

12. A method as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

communicating the safe driving report to an associated device of the mobile device.

13. A method as recited in claim 9, further comprising:

generating a safe driving report that indicates the features of the mobile device were enabled by user override of a safe driving mode while the mobile device was moving in a vehicle.

14. A method as recited in claim 13, further comprising:

determining that a user of the mobile device is driving the vehicle based on sensor data from a driver determination sensor;

generating an unsafe driving notification to indicate that the user is using the mobile device while driving the vehicle; and

communicating the safe driving notification to one or more other devices that are associated with the mobile device.

15. A method as recited in claim 9, further comprising:

determining that the mobile device has stopped in a vehicle at an unknown location; and

generating an unsafe driving notification to indicate that the vehicle has stopped at the unknown location.

16. A method as recited in claim 9, further comprising:

detecting an audio level in a vehicle; and

generating an unsafe driving notification to indicate that the audio level in the vehicle is a driver distraction.

17. A method as recited in claim 9, further comprising:

determining that a user of the mobile device is a passenger in a vehicle; and

enabling the features of the mobile device responsive to the determination that the user of the device is the passenger in the vehicle.

18. A method, comprising:

displaying a device lock screen on an integrated display device of a mobile device;

determining whether a user of the mobile device is driving a vehicle or is a passenger in the vehicle;

responsive to the determining that the user is driving the vehicle, activating a safe driving mode of the mobile device to cause the display device to transition to a driving mode lock screen without entry of an authentication credential; and

disabling features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.

19. A method as recited in claim 18, further comprising:

determining that the features of the mobile device were enabled by user override of a safe driving mode while the mobile device was moving in a vehicle; and

generating a safe driving report to indicate that the features of the mobile device were enabled by user override of a safe driving mode while the mobile device was moving in a vehicle.

20. A method as recited in claim 18, further comprising:

determining that the mobile device has stopped in a vehicle at an unknown location;

determining a position of the mobile device based on location data; and

generating an unsafe driving notification to indicate that the vehicle has stopped at the unknown location.