Passenger health screening and monitoring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11919539-B2
Application number	US-202217937656-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2022
Priority date	Jul 28, 2020
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

Among other things, techniques are described for screening and monitoring the health of a vehicle user including receiving sensor data produced by a sensor at the vehicle, processing the sensor data to determine at least one health condition of the user of the vehicle, and in response to determining the at least one health condition, executing a vehicle function selected from a plurality of vehicle functions based on the at least one health condition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle, comprising:
at least one sensor configured to produce sensor data related to user of the vehicle;
at least one computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions; and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and the at least one computer-readable medium, the at least one processor configured to execute the computer executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
receiving the sensor data produced by the at least one sensor during a first trip by a first user in the vehicle;
processing the sensor data to determine at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip; and
in response to determining the at least one health condition, executing at least one vehicle function based on the at least one health condition, wherein executing the at least one vehicle function comprises:
causing selection of a second trip in the vehicle based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip, wherein the second trip is subsequent to the first trip by the first user, and
causing selection of one or more second users for the second trip in the vehicle based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip, wherein the one or more second users comprise a user having below a threshold risk of infection due to the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein causing selection of the second trip in the vehicle comprises causing selection of a number of the one or more second users for the second trip based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the number of one or more second users for the second trip is reduced based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip.

4. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein causing selection of the second trip in the vehicle comprises causing selection of a type of the one or more second users for the second trip based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip.

5. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein causing selection of the second trip in the vehicle comprises causing adjustment to the routing of the vehicle for the second trip.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein executing the vehicle function comprises altering an interior of the vehicle.

7. A method, comprising:
receiving sensor data produced by at least one sensor at a vehicle during a first trip by a first user in the vehicle;
processing the sensor data to determine at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip; and
in response to determining the at least one health condition, executing at least one vehicle function based on the at least one health condition, wherein executing the at least one vehicle fuction comprises:
causing selection of a second trip in the vehicle based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip, wherein the second trip is subsequent to the first trip by the first user, and
causing selection of one or more second users for this second trip in the vehicle based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip, wherein the one or more second users comprise a user having below a threshold risk of infection due to the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein causing selection of the second trip in the vehicle comprises causing selection of a number of the one or more second users for the second trip based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the number of the one or more second users for the second trip is reduced based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein causing selection of the second trip in the vehicle comprises causing selection of a type of the one or more second users for the second trip based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein causing selection of the second trip in the vehicle comprises causing adjustment to the routing of the vehicle for the second trip.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein executing the vehicle function comprises altering an interior of the vehicle.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to:
receive sensor data produced by at least one sensor at a vehicle during a first trip by a first user in the vehicle;
process the sensor data to determine at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip; and
in response to determining the at least one health condition, execute at least one vehicle function based on the at least one health condition, wherein executing the at least one vehicle function comprises:
causing selection of a second trip in the vehicle based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip, wherein the second trip is subsequent to the first trip by the first user, and
causing selection of one or more second users for this second trip in the vehicle based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip, wherein the one or more second users comprise a user having below a threshold risk of infection due to the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein causing selection of the second trip in the vehicle comprises causing selection of a number of the one or more second users for the second trip based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the number of the one or more users for the second trip is reduced based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein causing selection of the second trip in the vehicle comprises causing selection of a type of the one or more second users for the second trip based on the at least one health condition of the first user during the first trip.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein causing selection of the second trip in the vehicle comprises causing adjustment to the routing of the vehicle for the second trip.

Assignees

• Motional Ad Llc

Inventors

• Wolff Eric
• Singh Abhimanyu
• Pham Linh

Classifications

• B60W60/0016 Primary

  of the vehicle or its occupants · CPC title

• A61B5/1176

  Recognition of faces · CPC title

• A61B5/6893

  Cars · CPC title

• A61B5/747

  in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services · CPC title

• B60W40/08 Primary

  related to drivers or passengers · CPC title