Method for determining target of alcohol test, driving safety device and system, server

• US 9,949,682 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2016
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Xuebo
• Primary Examiner(s): HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R
• Application Number:
  US15/328,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20170215783A1
• Time in Patent Office: 756 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0075 by spectroscopy, i.e. measuring spectra, e.g. Raman spectroscopy, infrared absorption spectroscopy A61B5/0071 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/18 for vehicle drivers or machine operators
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4845 Toxicology, e.g. by detection of alcohol, drug or toxic products A61B5/4848 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6893 Cars
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7282 Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition A61B5/4094, A61B5/4818, A61B5/349, A61B5/0823 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/06 responsive to incapacity of driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/066 actuating a signalling device B60K28/063 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/10 responsive to conditions relating to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/06 indicating a condition of sleep, e.g. anti-dozing alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/01 Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled G08G1/07 - G08G1/14 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for determining a target of alcohol test, including: determining whether a motor vehicle satisfies a preset condition; and determining, as a target vehicle, a motor vehicle that satisfies at least one preset condition. The preset condition comprises at least one of: a parking duration in an area, in which a distance from a place selling alcoholic drinks does not exceed a predetermined distance, has a value within a predetermined range; alcohol content in a body of a driver of the motor vehicle exceeds a predetermined value; and schedule of a driver of the motor vehicle on that driving day comprises having a meal and/or a dinner party. The present invention further provides a driving safety device, a server and a driving safety system.

Claims

1. A method for determining a target of alcohol test, comprising:

acquiring, by a condition determination module of a driving safety device, information on a schedule of a driver through a first communication module of the driving safety device;

determining, by the condition determination module, whether a motor vehicle satisfies a preset condition; and

determining, by a second control module of a server, as a target vehicle, a motor vehicle that satisfies at least one preset condition, wherein

the preset condition comprises at least one of the following conditions;

Condition 1, a parking duration in an area, in which a distance from a place selling alcoholic drinks does not exceed a predetermined distance, has a value within a predetermined range;

Condition 2, alcohol content in a body of a driver of the motor vehicle exceeds a predetermined value; and

Condition 3, schedule of the driver of the motor vehicle on that driving day comprises having a meal and/or a dinner party.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined range is a range from 0.5 hour to 6 hours.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined distance is ranged from 100 meters to 200 meters.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the preset condition comprises Condition 2, the step of determining whether the motor vehicle satisfies the preset condition further comprise:

irradiating, by using infrared rays, the driver of the motor vehicle; and

determining whether an amount of the infrared rays absorbed by the driver of the motor vehicle exceeds a predetermined value,

wherein it is determined that the preset condition is satisfied if the amount exceeds the predetermined value.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the preset condition comprises Condition 1, the method further comprises:

acquiring, by the second control module, information on a business place around a parking place of the vehicle, and

determining, by the second control module, whether the business place comprises a place selling alcohol drinks.

6. A driving safety device, comprising a condition determination module, a first control module and a first communication module, wherein

the condition determination module is configured to determine whether a motor vehicle equipped with the driving safety device satisfies a preset condition, and transmit a warning signal to the first control module when the condition determination module has determined that the motor vehicle equipped with the driving safety device satisfies the preset condition, the preset condition comprises at least one of the following conditions:

Condition 1, a parking duration has a value within a predetermined range;

Condition 2, alcohol content in a body of a driver of the motor vehicle exceeds a predetermined value; and

Condition 3, schedule of the driver of the motor vehicle on that driving day includes having a meal and/or a dinner party,

upon receipt of the warning signal, the first control module transmits a first executing signal to the first communication module, and

upon receipt of the first executing signal, the first communication module transmits information on the motor vehicle equipped with the driving safety device to a remote server,

wherein the condition determination module acquires information on a schedule of the driver through the first communication module.

7. The driving safety device according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined range is a range from 0.5 hour to 6 hours.

8. The driving safety device according to claim 6, further comprising:

an infrared-ray emitting module configured to emit infrared rays for irradiating the driver of the motor vehicle; and

an infrared-ray absorption amount detection module configured to detect an amount of the infrared rays absorbed by the driver of the motor vehicle, and transmit the absorbed amount to the condition determination module,

wherein the condition determination module transmits the warning signal when the absorbed amount exceeds a predetermined value.

9. The driving safety device according to claim 6, further comprising a positioning module configured to determine position information of the motor vehicle, and

the information on the motor vehicle includes the position information and a license number of the motor vehicle.

10. The driving safety device according to claim 6, further comprising an alerting module capable of transmitting an alert signal upon receipt of a second executing signal, the second executing signal being transmitted by the first control module after the first control module receives the warning signal.

11. A server, comprising a second control module, a second communication module and a storage module, wherein

the storage module stores therein a map and a database of a predetermined area,

the second control module is configured to receive information on vehicle acquired by the second communication module, and compare the information on vehicle with information stored in the database to identify, as a target vehicle, a motor vehicle that satisfies a preset condition,

the preset condition comprises at least one of the following conditions:

Condition 1, a parking duration has a value within a predetermined range;

Condition 2, alcohol content in a body of a driver of the motor vehicle exceeds a predetermined value; and

Condition 3, schedule of a driver of the motor vehicle on that driving day includes having a meal and/or a dinner party,

wherein in a case where the preset condition comprises at least one of Condition 2 and Condition 3, the second control module identifies, as the target vehicle, a motor vehicle that satisfies the preset condition,

in a case where the preset condition comprises Condition 1, the second control module marks, on the map, all places selling alcohol drinks within a predetermined area, compares the position of the motor vehicle with the places selling alcohol drinks, and identifies the motor vehicle as the target vehicle if the position of the motor vehicle has a distance from any of the places selling alcohol drinks that is no greater than a predetermined distance,

wherein the second communication module of the server is in communication with the first communication module of the driving safety device according to claim 6.

12. The server according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined distance is ranged from 100 meters to 200 meters.

13. A driving safety system, comprising the driving safety device according to claim 6 and a server comprising a second control module, a second communication module and a storage module, wherein

the storage module of the server stores therein a map and a database of a predetermined area,

the second control module of the server is configured to receive information on vehicle acquired by the second communication module, and compare the information on vehicle with information stored in the database to identify, as a target vehicle, a motor vehicle that satisfies the preset condition,

wherein in a case where the preset condition comprises at least one of Condition 2 and Condition 3, the second control module of the server identifies, as the target vehicle, a motor vehicle that satisfies the preset condition,

in a case where the preset condition comprises Condition 1, the second control module of the server marks, on the map, all places selling alcohol drinks within a predetermined area, compares the position of the motor vehicle with the places selling alcohol drinks, and identifies the motor vehicle as the target vehicle if the position of the motor vehicle has a distance from any of the places selling alcohol drinks that is no greater than a predetermined distance, and

wherein

the second communication module of the server is in communication with the first communication module of the driving safety device.

14. The driving safety system according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined distance is ranged from 100 meters to 200 meters.