Health measurement system for vehicle's driver and warning method using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10532658-B2
Application number	US-201715857395-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2017
Priority date	Sep 28, 2017
Publication date	Jan 14, 2020
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020

Abstract

A health measurement system for a vehicle driver and a warning method using the same are disclosed. The health measurement system includes an Internet of Things (IoT) device and a controller. The controller performs health scanning of a driver through the IoT device, and informs the driver of a result of the health scanning. The controller determines a necessary condition of the health scanning of the driver by analyzing traveling environment information, and performs the health scanning only when the necessary condition of the health scanning is satisfied.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A health measurement system for a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
an ignition switch;
a starter motor;
an Internet of Things (IoT) device;
a controller communicatively connected to the TOT device and configured to determine a necessary condition of health scanning of the driver, and perform the health scanning according to a result of the determination; and
a starter relay configured to supply a battery voltage to the controller and the starter motor,
wherein the controller analyzes traveling environment information when the ignition switch is turned on, determines whether the necessary condition of the health scanning is satisfied, and performs the health scanning only when the necessary condition of the health scanning is satisfied, and
wherein the controller determines whether, from among the traveling environment information, at least one of a first condition in which a date is changed when the vehicle starts ignition, a second condition in which a predetermined time has elapsed after the vehicle stops ignition, a third condition in which the vehicle is scheduled to travel for at least a predetermined travel time, a fourth condition in which a section having less cognitive load or less stimulus is contained in the traveling route, and a fifth condition in which a congested section is contained in the traveling route is satisfied.

2. The health measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the traveling environment information includes at least one of a date and time at which the vehicle starts ignition, an estimated driving time, a traveling time, a current time, a traveling route, and a traffic situation.

3. The health measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the IoT device includes at least one of a smartphone, a health band, and a smart watch.

4. The health measurement system according to claim 2 , wherein:
when determining whether the necessary condition of the health scanning is satisfied, if any one of the traveling environment information is satisfied, a determination is made that the health scanning is needed, and
if any one of the traveling environment information is not satisfied, a determination is made that the health scanning need not be performed.

5. The health measurement system according to claim 4 , wherein:
the controller interacts with an ignition switch, and determines whether the necessary condition of the health scanning is satisfied during ignition starting of the vehicle or during traveling of the vehicle.

6. The health measurement system according to claim 5 , wherein:
if the necessary condition of the health scanning is satisfied, the controller pre-informs the driver of the health scanning, and then executes the health scanning for the driver.

7. The health measurement system according to claim 6 , wherein the health scanning is executed in consideration of at least one of the number of footsteps of the driver, a body temperature, a pulse rate, a heart rate, a fatigue level, and a sleep time record, which are stored in a telematics terminal or the IoT device.

8. The health measurement system according to claim 7 , wherein the controller determines whether a physical condition of the driver is normal or abnormal through an execution result of the health scanning, visually or audibly displays a result of the health scanning through the telematics terminal.

9. The health measurement system according to claim 8 , wherein the display result of the health scanning displays at least one of the number of footsteps of the driver, a body temperature, a pulse rate, a heart rate, a fatigue level, and a sleep time record using numerals or symbols, and includes content for determining whether a health condition of the driver is normal or abnormal.

10. A warning method using a health measurement system for a driver of a vehicle, the health measurement system including a controller and an Internet of Things (IoT) device that are communicatively connected each other, the warning method comprising steps of:
receiving, by the controller, an ignition start signal of the vehicle;
analyzing, by the controller, traveling environment information, and determining whether a necessary condition of health scanning for the driver is satisfied;
if the necessary condition of the health scanning is satisfied, executing, by the controller, health scanning for the driver;
determining, by the controller, whether a physical condition of the driver is normal or abnormal through an execution result of the health scanning; and
if the physical condition of the driver is abnormal, displaying, by a telematics terminal of the vehicle, a warning message indicating the physical condition of the driver is abnormal, and if the physical condition of the driver is normal, displaying a message indicating the physical condition of the driver is normal,
wherein the traveling environment information includes at least one of a date and time at which the vehicle starts ignition, an estimated driving time, a traveling route, and a traffic situation,
wherein the IoT device includes at least one of a smartphone, a health band, and a smart watch, and
wherein the step of determining whether the necessary condition of the health scanning is satisfied includes:
determining whether, from among the traveling environment information, at least one of a first condition in which a date is changed when the vehicle starts ignition, a second condition in which a predetermined time has elapsed after the vehicle stops ignition, a third condition in which the vehicle is scheduled to travel for at least a predetermined travel time, a fourth condition in which a section having less cognitive load or less stimulus is contained in the traveling route, and a fifth condition in which a congested section is contained in the traveling route is satisfied.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the step of determining whether the health scanning necessary condition is satisfied includes:
if any one of the first to fifth conditions is satisfied, determining that the health scanning is needed; and
if any one of the first to fifth conditions is not satisfied, determining that the health scanning need not be executed.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the health scanning is executed in consideration of at least one of the number of footsteps of the driver, a body temperature, a pulse rate, a heart rate, a fatigue level, and a sleep time record, which are received from the IoT device.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein:
the traveling environment information is stored in a telematics terminal of the vehicle; and
the IoT device communicates with the telematics terminal.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the step of displaying a warning message includes at least one of visually displaying the warning message through the telematics terminal and audibly displaying the warning message through the telematics terminal,
wherein the step of displaying a warning message includes:
displaying at least one of the number of footsteps of the driver, a body temperature, a pulse rate, a heart rate, a fatigue level, and a sleep time record using numerals or symbols, and including content for determining whether the physical condition of the driver is normal or abnormal.

15. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising:
prior to the step of executing health scanning of the driver, if the necessary condition of the health scanning is satisfied, pre-informing the driver of the health scanning.

16. A warning method using a health measurement system of a d

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Kye Yoon
• Park Jung Mi

Classifications

• B60W2540/06

  Ignition switch · CPC title

• A61B5/6893

  Cars · CPC title

• B60W2040/0872

  Driver physiology · CPC title

• A61B5/746

  Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms · CPC title

• G08B21/06

  indicating a condition of sleep, e.g. anti-dozing alarms · CPC title