Non-Intrusive In-Vehicle Data Acquisition System By Sensing Actions Of Vehicle Occupants

• Main Authors: Dernotte, Jeremie, Mehdi, Syed B, Zeng, Wei
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.09.2021
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CALCULATING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; COMPUTING; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; COUNTING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

A method comprises detecting identities of occupants of a vehicle using any of a camera system, an audio system, a biometric sensing system, and a mobile device detection system in the vehicle. The method comprises matching the detected identities to corresponding profiles of the occupants. The profiles include permissions set by the occupants for collecting data about preferences of the occupants. The method comprises perceiving, based on the permissions in the profiles, preferences of the occupants for inputs received by the occupants. The perceiving includes capturing responses of the occupants to the inputs using any of the camera system, a haptic sensing system, and an audio system in the vehicle, and wherein the perceiving further includes processing the responses using trained models. The method comprises adding the preferences to the profiles to provide content to the occupants based on the preferences stored in the profiles.