PARENTAL CONTROL OVER VEHICLE FEATURES AND CHILD ALERT SYSTEM
A system to access one or more user profiles that govern one or more vehicle functions. The system cooperates with a processor and verification module which are adapted to verify, using one or more of biometric information, gesture recognition, facial recognition and device identification information, that a user has authority to access the one or more user profiles, where the one or more profiles are stored in one or more of a vehicle, a cloud and a communications device. An edit module is further provided and adapted to allow the user to make one or more edits to the one or more user profiles.
1 . A parental control system for a vehicle comprising:
a parental control module adapted to limit one or more vehicle functions based on one or more rules; and
a profile module adapted to interact with the parental control module to limit the one or more vehicle functions based on whether the profile is associated with a driver or a passenger.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein vehicle reporting is activated.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein context sensing is enabled.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein communications are established with one or more remote devices.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein one or more rules based functions are enabled or disabled, wherein the one or more rules based functions include at least one vehicle operational function.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein real-time communications are established between the vehicle and a communications device or a computing device.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein global context awareness is enabled and communications established with one or more smart systems.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the parental control module is activated based on one or more of a facial recognition and a profile associated with the vehicle.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein real-time communications audio or video communications are established between the vehicle and a communications device or a computing device.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more vehicle functions are limited based on a determined context of one or more of the vehicle and one or more passengers, and wherein information from a local or remote breathalyzer is used as input to determine whether to limit the one or more vehicle functions.
11 . A parental control method for a vehicle comprising:
limiting one or more vehicle functions based on one or more rules; and
interacting with the parental control module to limit the one or more vehicle functions based on whether a profile is associated with a driver or a passenger.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein vehicle reporting is activated.
13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein context sensing is enabled.
14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein communications are established with one or more remote devices.
15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein one or more rules based functions are enabled or disabled, wherein the one or more rules based functions include at least one vehicle operational function.
16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein real-time communications are established between the vehicle and a communications device or a computing device.
17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein global context awareness is enabled and communications established with one or more smart systems.
18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the parental control module is activated based on one or more of a facial recognition and a profile associated with the vehicle.
19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein real-time communications audio or video communications are established between the vehicle and a communications device or a computing device.
20 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more vehicle functions are limited based on a determined context of one or more of the vehicle and one or more passengers, and
wherein information from a local or remote breathalyzer is used as input to determine whether to limit the one or more vehicle functions.