System and method for responding to driver behavior
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a vehicle system in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- receiving monitoring information from a monitoring system, wherein the monitoring information is information about a driver;
determining a body state index for the driver using the monitoring information;
calculating a value of a control parameter based on a factor dependent on the body state index, wherein the control parameter defines control of a function of the vehicle system; and
modifying control of the vehicle system using the value of the control parameter.
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Abstract
Methods of assessing driver behavior include monitoring vehicle systems and driver monitoring systems to accommodate for a driver'"'"'s slow reaction time, attention lapse and/or alertness. When it is determined that a driver is drowsy, for example, the response system may modify the operation of one or more vehicle systems. The systems that may be modified include: visual devices, audio devices, tactile devices, antilock brake systems, automatic brake prefill systems, brake assist systems, auto cruise control systems, electronic stability control systems, collision warning systems, lane keep assist systems, blind spot indicator systems, electronic pretensioning systems and climate control systems.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a vehicle system in a motor vehicle, comprising:
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receiving monitoring information from a monitoring system, wherein the monitoring information is information about a driver; determining a body state index for the driver using the monitoring information; calculating a value of a control parameter based on a factor dependent on the body state index, wherein the control parameter defines control of a function of the vehicle system; and modifying control of the vehicle system using the value of the control parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for controlling a vehicle system in a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a monitoring system including one or more sensors that detect monitoring information, wherein the monitoring information is information about a state of a driver, wherein the monitoring system provides the monitoring information to a response system, and the response system determines a body state index of the driver using the monitoring information; and a calculating unit for modifying a control parameter of the vehicle system based on the body state index, wherein the control parameter is a value that defines an operation of the vehicle system, and wherein the response system controls the vehicle system using the control parameter. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A method of controlling a vehicle system in a motor vehicle, comprising:
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receiving monitoring information from a monitoring system, the monitoring information including vehicle information from the vehicle system and information about a state of a driver; calculating a body state index for the driver using the monitoring information, wherein the monitoring information includes the vehicle information and the information about the state of the driver; modifying a control parameter of the vehicle system based on the body state index, wherein the control parameter is a parameter of the vehicle system; and modifying control of the vehicle system using the control parameter. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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