CONTROL OF VEHICLE FEATURES BASED ON USER RECOGNITION AND IDENTIFICATION
Methods and systems are presented for accepting inputs into a vehicle or other conveyance to control functions of the conveyance. A vehicle control system can receive gestures and other inputs. The vehicle control system can also obtain information about the user of the vehicle control system and information about the environment in which the conveyance is operating. Based on the input and the other information, the vehicle control system can modify or improve the performance or execution of user interface and functions of the conveyance. The changes make the user interfaces and/or functions user-friendly and intuitive.
1 . A method for modifying features of a conveyance, comprising:
a vehicle control system, including a processor, identifying a user within the conveyance;
the vehicle control system retrieving characteristics associated with a user profile, which is associated with the identified user;
the vehicle control system determining if at least one of the characteristics impacts the function of a vehicle; and
the vehicle control system, if the at least one of the characteristics impacts the function of a vehicle, automatically changing a function based on the at least one of the characteristics.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
the vehicle control system determining if an override has been set; and
if the override has been set, the vehicle control system ignoring the change to the function.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the override is provided by the user.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the characteristics is an age of the user.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein, if the age is under a predetermined benchmark, the user is prohibited for accessing a function of the conveyance.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the characteristics is an eyesight of the user.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein, if the eyesight is under a predetermined benchmark, a user interface is modified for the user.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the characteristics is a logged hours of the user.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein, if the logged hours is under a predetermined benchmark, a route information is changed.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user is a passenger.
11 . A conveyance comprising:
a processor operable to execute one or more modules, the modules comprising:
a user identification module operable to:
identify a user within the conveyance;
retrieve characteristics associated with a user profile, which is associated with the identified user;
a user customization module operable to:
determine if at least one of the characteristics impacts the function of a vehicle; and
if the at least one of the characteristics impacts the function of a vehicle, automatically change a function based on the at least one of the characteristics.
12 . The conveyance of claim 11 , wherein the user customization module is further operable to:
determine if an override has been set; and
if the override has been set, ignore the change to the function.
13 . The conveyance of claim 11 , wherein the at least one of the characteristics is an age of the user, and wherein, if the age is under a predetermined benchmark, the user is prohibited for accessing a function of the conveyance.
14 . The conveyance of claim 11 , wherein the at least one of the characteristics is an eyesight of the user, and wherein, if the eyesight is under a predetermined benchmark, a user interface is modified for the user.
15 . The conveyance of claim 11 , wherein the at least one of the characteristics is a logged hours of the user, and wherein, if the logged hours is under a predetermined benchmark, a route information is changed.
16 . A non-transitory computer readable medium stored on a storage medium and having instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method, the instructions comprising:
instructions to identify a user within the conveyance;
instructions to retrieve characteristics associated with a user profile, which is associated with the identified user;
instructions to determine if at least one of the characteristics impacts the function of a vehicle; and
if the at least one of the characteristics impacts the function of a vehicle, instructions to automatically change a function based on the at least one of the characteristics.
17 . The computer readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising:
instructions to determine if an override has been set; and
if the override has been set, instructions to ignore the change to the function.
18 . The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the at least one of the characteristics is an age of the user, and wherein, if the age is under a predetermined benchmark, the user is prohibited for accessing a function of the conveyance.
19 . The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the at least one of the characteristics is an eyesight of the user, and wherein, if the eyesight is under a predetermined benchmark, a user interface is modified for the user.
20 . The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the at least one of the characteristics is a logged hours of the user, and wherein, if the logged hours is under a predetermined benchmark, a route information is changed.