Device for modifying vehicle operator driving behavior
US6366207B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60W2540/30
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Device for monitoring and/or modifying vehicle operator behavior. The device is suited for reducing vehicle operator aggressive driving behavior which leads to increased anger and so-called “road rage”, and includes a sensor mountable in a vehicle that detects a vehicle driving condition exceeding a preset vehicle driving condition. A signal is operatively associated with the sensor and provides a warning to a vehicle operator when the sensor detects a vehicle driving condition which exceeds a predetermined value. The signal to the driver is deactivated and stops providing the warning when the sensor detects the preset vehicle driving condition for greater than a predetermined period of time. The warning to the operator may be a caution such as “Easy, now” and “You can let it go”. The device may provide. “positive strokes” to the operator when the operator has driven for a predetermined number of miles or length of time, for example, without engaging in any behavior(s) which exceeds predetermined values. The warnings and/or positive strokes may be audible signals or visual signals, for example.
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