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公开(公告)号：US20220314839A1
公开(公告)日：2022-10-06
申请号：US17849343
申请日：2022-06-24
Inventor： Brian Mark Fields , Steve Roberson , Scott Thomas Christensen , Stephen R. Prevatt
IPC: B60N2/02 , B60W30/095 , B60N2/04
Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling an interior configuration of a vehicle. The system may include an interior vehicle component, an actuator component configured to adjust a physical configuration of the interior vehicle component, an external communication component configured to collect driving environment data representing an external environment of the vehicle, and one or more processors configured to receive driving environment data and detect, by processing the driving environment data, an external driving condition. When the one or more processors detect the external driving condition, the one or more processors may cause the actuator component to adjust the interior vehicle component from a first physical configuration to a second physical configuration, or may cause the actuator component to restrict movement of the interior vehicle component to a predetermined range of physical configurations.
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公开(公告)号：US11352017B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-07
申请号：US17095089
申请日：2020-11-11
Inventor： Scott T. Christensen , Brian M. Fields , Stephen R. Prevatt , Steve Roberson
IPC: B60W50/00
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically protecting transportable articles in vehicles. A system for dynamically protecting a transportable article in a vehicle may include one or more processors and non-volatile memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to access sensed data representative of at least one of a characteristic or a trait of a transportable article in a vehicle, determine based on the data the at least one of the characteristic or the trait of the transportable article, select one or more article protection components based on the determined at least one of the characteristic or the trait of the transportable article, and deploy the selected one or more article protection components to protect the transportable article.
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公开(公告)号：US10732627B1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-04
申请号：US15605554
申请日：2017-05-25
Inventor： Steve Roberson , Brian Mark Fields
Abstract: In a network of autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles, an alert may be triggered when one of the vehicles switches from autonomous to manual mode. The alert may be communicated to nearby autonomous vehicles so that drivers of those vehicles may become aware of a potentially unpredictable manual driver nearby. Drivers of autonomous vehicles who may have become disengaged (e.g., sleeping, reading, talking, etc.) during autonomous driving may become re-engaged upon noticing the alert. A re-engaged driver may choose to switch his/her own vehicle from autonomous to manual mode in order to appropriately react to an unpredictable nearby manual driver. In additional or alternative embodiments, the alert may be triggered or intensified when indications of impairment of a nearby driver or malfunction of a nearby vehicle are detected.
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公开(公告)号：US10540892B1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-21
申请号：US15794252
申请日：2017-10-26
Inventor： Brian Mark Fields , John A. Nepomuceno , Scott Thomas Christensen , Duane Christiansen , Steven C. Cielocha , Kristopher Keith Gaudin , Michael Bernico , Nathan L. Tofte , Steve Roberson
Abstract: Systems and methods for real-time detection and mitigation anomalous behavior of a remote vehicle are provided, e.g., vehicle behavior that is consistent with distracted or unexpectedly disabled driving. On-board and off-board sensors associated with a subject vehicle may monitor the subject vehicle's environment, and behavior characteristics of a remote vehicle operating within the subject vehicle's environment may be determined based upon collected sensor data. The remote vehicle's behavior characteristics may be utilized to detect or determine the presence of anomalous behavior, which may be anomalous for the current contextual conditions of the vehicles' environment. Mitigating actions for detected remote vehicle anomalous behaviors may be suggested and/or automatically implemented at the subject vehicle and/or at proximate vehicles to avoid or reduce the risk of accidents, injury, or death resulting from the anomalous behavior. In some situations, authorities may be notified.
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公开(公告)号：US10446047B1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-15
申请号：US15255538
申请日：2016-09-02
Inventor： Brian Mark Fields , Jibo He , John Adrian Nepomuceno , Steve Roberson , Bryan Allen Plummer , Kurtis C. Houdek , Neeraj Jain
Abstract: A method includes, for each of two or more driving sessions in which a student driver operates a vehicle, gathering driving skill data indicative of at least one of behavior of the student driver, acceleration of the vehicle, braking of the vehicle, or steering of the vehicle, and generating a driving session report. The method further includes causing the driving session reports corresponding to the two or more driving sessions to be displayed to a driving instructor, and receiving comments from the driving instructor about the two or more driving sessions of the student driver. Still further, the method includes storing the driving session reports corresponding to the two or more driving sessions along with the received comments from the driving instructor.
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公开(公告)号：US10343520B1
公开(公告)日：2019-07-09
申请号：US15726670
申请日：2017-10-06
Inventor： Bryan Allen Plummer , Parker Andrew Brown , Jibo He , Brian M. Fields , Steve Roberson , Steve Cielocha , Jufeng Peng
Abstract: The method, system, and computer-readable medium facilitates monitoring one or more eyes of a vehicle operator during a driving session to generate a plurality of gaze location logs with gaze location values. The gaze location value may be generated by determining a location of the vehicle operator's gaze, determining which area of the vehicle is associated with the gaze location, and assigning the gaze location value based on the area of the vehicle associated with the gaze location. The gaze location logs may be analyzed to determine the duration of the vehicle operator's gaze at each area of the vehicle. Based on the duration of the vehicle operators gaze, one or more recommendations to improve vehicle operator performance may be identified and communicated to the vehicle operator.
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公开(公告)号：US20190027028A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-24
申请号：US15656092
申请日：2017-07-21
Inventor： Brian Mark Fields , Steve Roberson
Abstract: An alert may be triggered to notify a pedestrian of the current operational mode of a nearby vehicle. For instance, a vehicle may operate in an autonomous or manual mode, and may occasionally switch from one mode to the other. A pedestrian who may be unaware of the current operational mode of a nearby vehicle may notice the alert and proceed accordingly. In one embodiment, an indication of the current operational mode of the nearby vehicle may be transmitted to an electronic device associated with the pedestrian. The device may generate a notification to the pedestrian based on the current operational mode. In an additional or alternative embodiment, the alert may be transmitted by the vehicle externally to be visible or audible to the pedestrian. In some embodiments, the alert may be triggered only for particular operational modes (e.g., only for autonomous or only for manual).
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公开(公告)号：US10163163B1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-25
申请号：US14484760
申请日：2014-09-12
Inventor： Jibo He , Brian Mark Fields , Steve Roberson , Steve C. Cielocha , Jufeng Peng , Julian Coltea
Abstract: A method includes receiving data about potential impairment of a vehicle operator, wherein the data about potential impairment is generated by: (i) monitoring the vehicle operator with a first optical sensor, and (ii) monitoring an environment ahead of a vehicle operated by the vehicle operator with a second optical sensor. The computer-implemented method further includes assigning a plurality of scores based on the data about potential impairment, wherein each of the plurality of scores corresponds to a respective impairment indicator, and determining an impairment score for the vehicle operator by performing a mathematical operation on the plurality of scores, the impairment score summarizing a level of impairment of the vehicle operator.
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公开(公告)号：US10088899B2
公开(公告)日：2018-10-02
申请号：US15365421
申请日：2016-11-30
Inventor： Bryan Allen Plummer , Parker Andrew Brown , Brian Mark Fields , Steve Roberson
Abstract: A gaze tracking system captures images of a vehicle operator. The gaze tracking system may detect facial features in the images and track the position of the facial features over time. The gaze tracking system may detect a triangle in an image, wherein the vertices of the triangle correspond to the facial features. The gaze tracking system may analyze the detected triangle to identify a surface normal for the triangle, and may track the surface normal (e.g., across multiple images) to track the eye gaze direction of the driver over time. The images may be captured and analyzed in near-real time. By tracking movement of the driver's head and eyes over time, the gaze analysis system may predict or estimate head position and/or gaze direction when one or more facial features are not detectable.
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公开(公告)号：US09751535B1
公开(公告)日：2017-09-05
申请号：US15152790
申请日：2016-05-12
Inventor： Brian Mark Fields , Steve Roberson , Abhishek Harish , Hyunji Lim , Matthew James Waughtel
IPC: G01M17/00 , G06F7/00 , G06F11/30 , G06F19/00 , G07C5/00 , B60W40/09 , B60K35/00 , G09B19/16 , A61B5/18 , G09B19/14 , B60W40/08
CPC classification number: B60W40/09 , A61B5/18 , B60K35/00 , B60R99/00 , B60W40/08 , G06F1/1647 , G06F1/1649 , G06F1/165 , G07C5/008 , G07C5/0816 , G07C5/0858 , G07C5/12 , G09B19/14 , G09B19/167 , H04W4/046 , H04W4/80
Abstract: Real-time feedback may be generated during a driving session from status data collected via one or more sensors. This feedback data may include various metrics related to a student's driving skills, which may be utilized to generate tagged driving events. A user may also manually enter tagged driving events. The tagged driving events may include real-time information based on the collected status data, such as acceleration, braking, cornering data, descriptions entered by the user. The location of these tagged driving events may be mapped in real time. Sensors used to collect this data may be integrated within the device displaying the feedback or located on another device, in which case the status data may be communicated to the device displaying the feedback. The displayed real-time feedback may be viewed by an instructor to assess a student's driving skills in real time and to calculate a driver feedback score.
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