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Systems and methods for detecting and reducing distracted driving

  • US 10,384,602 B1
  • Filed: 06/13/2018
  • Issued: 08/20/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system that detects and reduces distracted driving comprising:

  • a mobile electronic device communicatively coupled to a biometric sensor and a vehicle speed sensor, wherein the biometric sensor is configured to detect biometric information of a first user in a first vehicle, wherein the vehicle speed sensor is configured to detect vehicle speed information of the first vehicle, and wherein the mobile electronic device comprises one or more processors configured to;

    determine whether there is an indication that the first user is distracted based at least in part on the biometric information;

    determine whether the first user is driving the first vehicle based at least in part on the vehicle speed information;

    determine whether a second vehicle is within a threshold distance from the first vehicle; and

    in response to determining that the first user is distracted, the first user is driving, and the second vehicle is within the threshold distance from the first vehicle, send an indication to a mobile device of a second user of the second vehicle or a communication device of the second vehicle that the first user is distracted.

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