Vehicle driver advisory system and method

US8788113B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Dimitar Petrov Filev · Novi, US
• Ilya Kolmanovsky · Ypsilanti, US
• Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin · Wixom, US
• Steven Joseph Szwabowski · Northville, US
• Perry Robinson MacNeille · Lathrup Village, US
• Christopher John Teslak · Plymouth, US
• Fazal Urrahman Syed · Canton, US
• Fling Tseng · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 22, 2014
• Expiry date: May 6, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2540/30
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An automotive vehicle may include at least one controller configured to monitor a plurality of parameters representing a driver's dynamic control of the vehicle and to establish a reference range based on values of the monitored parameters during a first time period. The at least one controller may be further configured to detect a change in driver behavior condition when, during a second time period, a parameter derived from the monitored parameters falls outside of the reference range, and in response to detecting the change in driver behavior condition, to alter a response of the vehicle to driver inputs or to generate output representing a recommendation to alter a response of the vehicle to driver inputs.