Mobile wireless device incorporating self-detection of operational environment and selective device functionality
First Claim
1. A method performed by a mobile wireless device for conditionally disabling use of functionality of the mobile wireless device, the method comprising:
- detecting whether the mobile wireless device is traveling within a moving vehicle;
capturing, through a lens of the mobile wireless device, thermal image data points at multiple spatial locations within a field of view of the lens from within the moving vehicle;
rendering spatially binned thermal image data from the thermal image data points, wherein the thermal image data points are grouped in bins corresponding to particular spatial positions within the lens field of view; and
invoking a driver in possession mode of operation of the mobile wireless device in response to determining that;
the mobile wireless device performed the capturing while located in the front seat of the moving vehicle, by applying a front seat thermal image signature definition to the spatially binned thermal image data, andthe mobile wireless device is located on a driver side of the moving vehicle.
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Abstract
A mobile wireless device conditionally disables device functionality when a driver is detected to be the user while in a moving vehicle. The device comprises sensors for sensing: motion, thermal images, and a vehicle cabin side. A processor is configured to perform a method including detecting whether the device is traveling within a moving vehicle; capture thermal image data points at multiple spatial locations; and render spatially binned thermal image data from the image data points. The processor is further configured to invoke a driver in possession mode of operation of the device in response to determining that: (1) the device performed the capturing while located in the front seat of the moving vehicle, by applying a front seat thermal image signature definition to the spatially binned thermal image data, and (2) the device is located on a driver side of the moving vehicle.
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1. A method performed by a mobile wireless device for conditionally disabling use of functionality of the mobile wireless device, the method comprising:
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detecting whether the mobile wireless device is traveling within a moving vehicle; capturing, through a lens of the mobile wireless device, thermal image data points at multiple spatial locations within a field of view of the lens from within the moving vehicle; rendering spatially binned thermal image data from the thermal image data points, wherein the thermal image data points are grouped in bins corresponding to particular spatial positions within the lens field of view; and invoking a driver in possession mode of operation of the mobile wireless device in response to determining that; the mobile wireless device performed the capturing while located in the front seat of the moving vehicle, by applying a front seat thermal image signature definition to the spatially binned thermal image data, and the mobile wireless device is located on a driver side of the moving vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions performed by a processor on a mobile wireless device for conditionally disabling use of functionality of the mobile wireless device, the computer-executable instructions facilitating performing, on the mobile wireless device, the method comprising:
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detecting whether the mobile wireless device is traveling within a moving vehicle; capturing, through a lens of the mobile wireless device, thermal image data points at multiple spatial locations within a field of view of the lens from within the moving vehicle; rendering spatially binned thermal image data from the thermal image data points, wherein the thermal image data points are grouped in bins corresponding to particular spatial positions within the lens field of view; and invoking a driver in possession mode of operation of the mobile wireless device in response to determining that; the mobile wireless device performed the capturing while located in the front seat of the moving vehicle, by applying a front seat thermal image signature definition to the spatially binned thermal image data, and the mobile wireless device is located on a driver side of the moving vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A mobile wireless device for conditionally disabling use of functionality of the mobile wireless device, the mobile wireless device comprising:
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a plurality of sensors for sensing;
motion, thermal images in a field of view of a lens, and a side of a vehicle cabin;a non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions; and a processor configured with the computer-executable instructions to facilitate performing, on the mobile wireless device, a method comprising; detecting whether the mobile wireless device is traveling within a moving vehicle; capturing, through the lens of the mobile wireless device, thermal image data points at multiple spatial locations within a field of view of the lens from within the moving vehicle; rendering spatially binned thermal image data from the thermal image data points, wherein the thermal image data points are grouped in bins corresponding to particular spatial positions within the lens field of view; and invoking a driver in possession mode of operation of the mobile wireless device in response to determining that; the mobile wireless device performed the capturing while located in the front seat of the moving vehicle, by applying a front seat thermal image signature definition to the spatially binned thermal image data, and the mobile wireless device is located on a driver side of the moving vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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