System and method for providing global positioning system (GPS) feedback to a user
First Claim
1. A system for providing global position system (GPS) feedback to a user in a first vehicle, comprising:
- an evaluation module capable of evaluating a route of the user received from a GPS via a network to determine potential points of confusion;
a collection module capable of collecting at least one of behavioral information and physiological information from the user utilizing at least one sensor placed around the user;
an analysis module capable of analyzing the collected information to determine a level of user confusion at a point on the route, comparing the level of user confusion to a threshold, and determining whether the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold; and
a feedback module capable of providing the user with clarifying feedback upon determination of a potential point of confusion and the level of the user confusion exceeding the threshold;
wherein the feedback module is further capable of notifying a driver of a second vehicle, within a predetermined area of the user, of the user confusion upon the determination that the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold;
wherein the system implements a training phase to learn how the user manifests the user confusion;
wherein the training phase comprises the system learning how the user manifests the user confusion while the user is in a setting outside of the first vehicle; and
wherein the analysis module is further capable of automatically concluding, without performing the comparing, that the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold upon the user making at least one of an explicit declaration of confusion and repeated reference to a GPS display.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing global positioning system (GPS) feedback to a user are provided. A method for providing global positioning system (GPS) feedback to a user, comprises evaluating a route of the user to determine potential points of confusion, collecting at least one of behavioral information and physiological information from the user, analyzing the collected information to determine a level of user confusion at a point on the route and whether the level of the user confusion exceeds a threshold, and providing the user with clarifying feedback upon at least one of a determination of a potential point of confusion and the level of the user confusion exceeding the threshold.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for providing global position system (GPS) feedback to a user in a first vehicle, comprising:
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an evaluation module capable of evaluating a route of the user received from a GPS via a network to determine potential points of confusion; a collection module capable of collecting at least one of behavioral information and physiological information from the user utilizing at least one sensor placed around the user; an analysis module capable of analyzing the collected information to determine a level of user confusion at a point on the route, comparing the level of user confusion to a threshold, and determining whether the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold; and a feedback module capable of providing the user with clarifying feedback upon determination of a potential point of confusion and the level of the user confusion exceeding the threshold; wherein the feedback module is further capable of notifying a driver of a second vehicle, within a predetermined area of the user, of the user confusion upon the determination that the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold; wherein the system implements a training phase to learn how the user manifests the user confusion; wherein the training phase comprises the system learning how the user manifests the user confusion while the user is in a setting outside of the first vehicle; and wherein the analysis module is further capable of automatically concluding, without performing the comparing, that the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold upon the user making at least one of an explicit declaration of confusion and repeated reference to a GPS display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing global positioning system (GPS) feedback to a user in a first vehicle, the method comprising:
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evaluating a route of the user received from a GPS via a network to determine potential points of confusion; collecting at least one of behavioral information and physiological information from the user utilizing at least one sensor placed around the user; analyzing the collected information to determine a level of user confusion at a point on the route; comparing the level of user confusion to a threshold; determining whether the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold; providing the user with clarifying feedback upon determination of a potential point of confusion and the level of the user confusion exceeding the threshold; notifying a driver of a second vehicle, within a predetermined area of the user, of the user confusion upon the determination that the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold; implementing a training phase to learn how the user manifests the user confusion; and automatically concluding, without performing the comparing, that the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold upon the user making at least one of an explicit declaration of confusion and repeated reference to a GPS display; wherein the training phase comprises learning how the user manifests the user confusion while the user is in a setting outside of the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable storage medium comprising program code tangibly embodied thereon, which when executed by a computer, performs method steps for providing global positioning system (GPS) feedback to a user in a first vehicle, the method steps comprising:
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evaluating a route of the user received from a GPS via a network to determine potential points of confusion; collecting at least one of behavioral information and physiological information from the user utilizing at least one sensor placed around the user; analyzing the collected information to determine a level of user confusion at a point on the route; comparing the level of user confusion to a threshold; determining whether the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold; providing the user with clarifying feedback upon determination of a potential point of confusion and the level of the user confusion exceeding the threshold; notifying a driver of a second vehicle, within a predetermined area of the user, of the user confusion upon the determination that the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold; implementing a training phase to learn how the user manifests the user confusion; and automatically concluding, without performing the comparing, that the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold upon the user making at least one of an explicit declaration of confusion and repeated reference to a GPS display; wherein the training phase comprises learning how the user manifests the user confusion while the user is in a setting outside of the first vehicle.
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21. An apparatus for providing global positioning system (GPS) feedback to a user in a first vehicle, comprising:
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a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute code stored in the memory for; evaluating a route of the user received from a GPS via a network to determine potential points of confusion; collecting at least one of behavioral information and physiological information from the user utilizing at least one sensor placed around the user; analyzing the collected information to determine a level of user confusion at a point on the route; comparing the level of user confusion to a threshold; determining whether the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold; providing the user with clarifying feedback upon determination of a potential point of confusion and the level of the user confusion exceeding the threshold; and notifying a driver of a second vehicle, within a predetermined area of the user, of the user confusion upon the determination that the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold; implementing a training phase to learn how the user manifests the user confusion; and automatically concluding, without performing the comparing, that the level of the user confusion exceeds the threshold upon the user making at least one of an explicit declaration of confusion and repeated reference to a GPS display; wherein the training phase comprises learning how the user manifests the user confusion while the user is in a setting outside of the first vehicle.
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