IP Library Granted Patent US 11,590,890
Granted Patent B2
US 11,590,890 · App. 17/329,269 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Method and system for augmented alerting based on driver's state in hybrid driving

Inventors: Hao Zheng (Saratoga, CA); Timothy Patrick Daly, Jr. (San Jose, CA); David Wanqian Liu (Los Altos, CA)
Assignee: PlusAI, Inc.
B60Q9/00B60W50/00G05D1/0061
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Patent No.
US 11,590,890
App. No.
17/329,269
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present teaching relates to method, system, and medium, for generating an augmented alert in a hybrid vehicle. First information indicating an upcoming switch in an operating mode of the vehicle is received, which specifies a set of tasks, arranged in an order, to be completed by a driver in the vehicle to achieve the upcoming switch, and a task duration for each of the set of tasks by which the task is to be completed. A current state of the driver is obtained and used to determine a set of warnings to alert the driver to perform the set of tasks. Each warning corresponds to a task in the set of tasks and is created based on the current state of the driver. A warning schedule is generated based on the set of warnings in the order of the set of tasks and transmitted so that warnings in the warning schedule are delivered to the driver.

Claims (37)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining, by a computing system, first information indicating an upcoming switch in an operating mode of a vehicle, the first information specifying a warning schedule comprising one or more warnings, each of which corresponds to a task;

obtaining, by the computing system, information indicative of a current state of a driver of the vehicle; and

with respect to each of the one or more warnings,

selecting, by the computing system, at least one media through which the warning is to be delivered to the driver of the vehicle based on at least one of the current state of the driver, a user profile associated with the driver, and real-time data associated with the vehicle, and

delivering, by the computing system, the warning via the selected at least one media.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more warnings comprise a warning content and a manner by which the warning content is to be delivered to the driver.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the warning content is determined based on a nature of the corresponding task to be performed by the driver.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the warning includes a starting time and a duration, the duration of the warning is less than the task duration and determined based on the current state of the driver.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the warning further includes a warning intensity, the warning intensity determined based on the current state of the driver.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one media includes at least one of: a selectable sound source, a vibration source, a light source, a visual source, or an audio source.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the warning schedule specifies an order of executing the one or more warnings, the order determined based on a priority score assigned the task corresponding to each of the one or more warnings.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the real-time data associated with the vehicle includes at least one of: a position of the vehicle, a model of the vehicle, service information of the vehicle, or a configuration of the vehicle.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

obtaining first information indicating an upcoming switch in an operating mode of a vehicle, the first information specifying a warning schedule comprising one or more warnings, each of which corresponds to a task;

obtaining information indicative of a current state of a driver of the vehicle; and

with respect to each of the one or more warnings,

selecting at least one media through which the warning is to be delivered to the driver of the vehicle based on at least one of the current state of the driver, a user profile associated with the driver, and real-time data associated with the vehicle, and

delivering the warning via the selected at least one media.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein each of the one or more warnings comprise a warning content and a manner by which the warning content is to be delivered to the driver.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the warning content is determined based on a nature of the corresponding task to be performed by the driver.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the warning includes a starting time and a duration, the duration of the warning is less than the task duration and determined based on the current state of the driver.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the warning further includes a warning intensity, the warning intensity determined based on the current state of the driver.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the at least one media includes at least one of: a selectable sound source, a vibration source, a light source, a visual source, or an audio source.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the real-time data associated with the vehicle includes at least one of: a position of the vehicle, a model of the vehicle, service information of the vehicle, or a configuration of the vehicle.

16. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

obtaining first information indicating an upcoming switch in an operating mode of a vehicle, the first information specifying a warning schedule comprising one or more warnings, each of which corresponds to a task;

obtaining information indicative of a current state of a driver of the vehicle; and

with respect to each of the one or more warnings,

selecting at least one media through which the warning is to be delivered to the driver of the vehicle based on at least one of the current state of the driver, a user profile associated with the driver, and real-time data associated with the vehicle, and

delivering the warning via the selected at least one media.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein each of the one or more warnings comprise a warning content and a manner by which the warning content is to be delivered to the driver.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the warning includes a starting time and a duration, the duration of the warning is less than the task duration and determined based on the current state of the driver.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the at least one media includes at least one of: a selectable sound source, a vibration source, a light source, a visual source, or an audio source.

20. The system of claim 16 , wherein the warning schedule specifies an order of executing the one or more warnings, the order determined based on a priority score assigned the task corresponding to each of the one or more warnings.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2021
From: PLUSAI LIMITED
To: PLUSAI, INC.
Reel/Frame 056909/0574 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2021
From: ZHENG, HAO; DALY, JR., TIMOTHY PATRICK; LIU, DAVID WANQIAN
To: PLUSAI CORP
Reel/Frame 056338/0874 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2021
From: PLUSAI CORP
To: PLUSAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056339/0029 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16561066 · Sep 5, 2019
Continuation 15872285 · Jan 16, 2018
Continuation 15846998 · Dec 19, 2017
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