System and method for preventing cell phone use while driving
US10648962B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 2019 |
| Grant date | May 12, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/0047
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method is provided for monitoring a vehicle for inhibiting substances comprising detecting, using a movement detector, movement of a vehicle, collecting, using an air sampler, an initial air sample of air within a cabin of the vehicle, analyzing, using an inhibiting substance detector, the air sample to determine whether an inhibiting substance is detected in the air sample, in response to determining that an inhibiting substance is detected in the air sample, increasing the sampling rate of the air sampler, until a predetermined number of samples are collected that also have been analyzed and an inhibiting substance detected therein and sending an alert to an administrator of the vehicle indicating that inhibited driving is occurring.
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