Vehicle with interactions with wearable device to provide health or physical monitoring
A system includes a vehicle, a vehicle network disposed within the vehicle, and an earpiece having an earpiece housing, a physiological monitoring sensor, an intelligent control system operatively connected to the physiological monitoring sensor and disposed within the ear piece housing, and a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the intelligent control system. The vehicle is configured to receive health data from the ear piece. A method includes sensing physiological data at one or more physiological sensors of an ear piece of an occupant of a vehicle, wirelessly communicating a representation of the physiological data from the ear piece to a vehicle network of the vehicle, and performing an action by the vehicle in response the physiological data to enhance safety of the vehicle.
1 . A system comprising:
a vehicle;
a vehicle network disposed within the vehicle;
an earpiece comprising an earpiece housing, a physiological monitoring sensor, an intelligent control system operatively connected to the physiological monitoring sensor and disposed within the ear piece housing, and a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the intelligent control system;
wherein the vehicle is configured to receive health data from the ear piece.
2 . The system of claim 1 wherein the physiological monitoring sensor is an inertial sensor.
3 . The system of claim 1 wherein the physiological monitoring sensor is a glucose sensor.
4 . The system of claim 1 wherein the physiological monitoring sensor is an alcohol sensor.
5 . The system of claim 1 wherein the physiological monitoring sensor is a temperature sensor.
6 . The system of claim 1 wherein the physiological monitoring sensor is a pulse oximeter.
7 . The system of claim 1 wherein the vehicle determines presence of a health condition based on the health data and performs an action to improve safety of the vehicle.
8 . The system of claim 7 wherein the action comprises disabling the vehicle.
9 . The system of claim 7 wherein the action comprises playing an audio message.
10 . The system of claim 7 wherein the action comprises placing a phone call.
11 . The system of claim 7 wherein the action comprises mapping a destination using a navigation system of the vehicle.
12 . The system of claim 7 wherein the action comprises adjusting an audio setting to increase volume.
13 . The system of claim 7 wherein the action comprises opening a window of the vehicle.
14 . The system of claim 7 wherein the action comprises adjusting a temperature setting of the vehicle.
15 . The system of claim 1 wherein the earpiece determines presence of a health condition based on the health data and communicates an alert to the vehicle.
16 . The system of claim 15 wherein the vehicle performs an action to, improve safety of the vehicle in response to the health condition.
17 . A method comprising:
sensing physiological data at one or more physiological sensors of an ear piece of an occupant of a vehicle;
wirelessly communicating a representation of the physiological data from the ear piece to a vehicle network of the vehicle;
performing an action by the vehicle in response the physiological data to enhance safety of the vehicle.
18 . The method of claim 17 wherein the physiological data comprises pulse oximeter data.
19 . The method of claim 18 wherein the physiological data further comprises inertial sensor data.
20 . The method of claim wherein the physiological data further comprises temperature data.