System and method for responding to driver state
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1. A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving monitoring information about a driver from a monitoring system, wherein the monitoring information includes head movement information about the driver and hand contact information about contact between the driver and a steering wheel of the vehicle;
receiving vehicle information from an automatic cruise control system;
determining a driver state based on the monitoring information and the vehicle information;
modifying one or more control parameters of the automatic cruise control system based on the driver state; and
modifying control of the vehicle based on the control parameter to vary a headway distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle.
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Abstract
A method for controlling vehicle systems includes receiving monitoring information from one or more monitoring systems and determining a plurality of driver states based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems. The method includes determining a combined driver state based on the plurality of driver states and modifying control of one or more vehicle systems based on the combined driver state.
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1. A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising:
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receiving monitoring information about a driver from a monitoring system, wherein the monitoring information includes head movement information about the driver and hand contact information about contact between the driver and a steering wheel of the vehicle; receiving vehicle information from an automatic cruise control system; determining a driver state based on the monitoring information and the vehicle information; modifying one or more control parameters of the automatic cruise control system based on the driver state; and modifying control of the vehicle based on the control parameter to vary a headway distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for controlling a vehicle, comprising:
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a monitoring system; an automatic cruise control system; and an electronic control unit including a processor, wherein the processor; receives monitoring information from the monitoring system, wherein the monitoring information includes head movement information about a driver and hand contact information about contact between the driver and a steering wheel of the vehicle; receives vehicle information from the automatic cruise control system; determines a driver state of the driver based on the monitoring information and the vehicle information; modifies one or more control parameters of the automatic cruise control system based on the driver state; and modifies control of the vehicle based on the control parameter to vary a headway distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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