System and method for deep analytics and strategic monetization of biomedical sensor data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12207929-B2
Application number	US-202418427257-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2024
Priority date	Jun 17, 2020
Publication date	Jan 28, 2025
Grant date	Jan 28, 2025

Abstract

In at least one embodiment, a system for assessing biometric information for an occupant in a vehicle is provided. The system includes a plurality of sensors and a controller. The plurality of sensors is positioned about a main cabin of the vehicle and being configured to provide the biometric information for the occupant in response to a stimulus and to transmit a first signal indicative of the biometric information. The controller is positioned in the vehicle and is configured to activate the stimulus in the vehicle and to receive the biometric information after the stimulus has been activated. The controller is further configured to transmit the biometric information to at least one of another controller in the vehicle or to a server that is remote from the vehicle to assess the biometric information to determine the effect of the stimulus on the occupant.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive biometric information from a plurality of sensors deployed on-board a vehicle and wearable sensors associated with an occupant;
analyze data comprising the biometric information of the occupant and at least one of: a time of use, a frequency of use, manual adjustments, and an efficacy of use, associated with a plurality of features of the vehicle;
determine, based on the analysis, over the air (OTA) one or more updates related to the plurality of features in the vehicle; and
modify at least one of features of the vehicle based on the determined one or more OTA updates,
wherein the plurality of features comprises a massage feature, a heating feature, a cooling feature, and an air conditioning feature corresponding to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system deployed onboard the vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the OTA updates are provided by at least one of an equipment manufacturer and a vehicle supplier.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
modify at least one of the plurality of features, the modification updating heating and cooling of a seat of the vehicle or main cabin components of the vehicle.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the biometric information corresponds to at least one of a heart rate, a heart rate variability, a breath rate, a blood pressure, a temperature, a perspiration level, a brain activity, an eye tracking, and electro-dermal response (EDR).

5. The system of claim 4 , the plurality of sensors comprising at least one of: an electroencephalogram (EEG) sensor configured to measure electroencephalogram information associated with a brain of the occupant, a brain wave monitoring sensor configured to monitor brain waves associated with the brain of the occupant, a heart rate sensor configured to monitor heart rate of the occupant, a siesmocardiography (SCG) sensor configured to monitor recording of body vibrations induced by the heartbeat, an Electro-Dermal Response (EDR) sensor configured to measure neurally mediated effects on sweat gland permeability, and a Skin Conductance Response (SCR) sensor configured to measure sympathetic autonomic activity.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the biometric information from a plurality of contactless sensors deployed on-board the vehicle, wherein the contactless sensors are positioned on at least one of: an instrument panel of the vehicle, a steering wheel of the vehicle, a headrest of the vehicle, a seat back support of the vehicle, a seat bottom of the vehicle, and a headliner of the vehicle.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to modify a pre-programmed massage sequence of operations of a massage system of the vehicle executing the massage feature.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive biometric information from a plurality of vehicles associated with each of a plurality of occupants.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the biometric information from the plurality of vehicles in response to a stimulus, the stimulus comprising at least one of a radio advertisement, a billboard and a video advertisement; and based on the biometric information from the plurality of vehicles, provide an output indicative of effectiveness of the stimulus in obtaining desired attention from the occupant.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to categorize the received biometric information based on an age, a gender, and an ethnicity of the plurality of occupants and synchronize the categorized information to the stimulus.

11. A method, comprising:
receiving biometric information from a plurality of sensors deployed on-board a vehicle and wearable sensors associated with an occupant;
analyzing data comprising the biometric information of the occupant and at least one of: a time of use, a frequency of use, manual adjustments, and an efficacy of use, associated with a plurality of features of the vehicle;
determining, based on the analysis, over the air (OTA) one or more updates related to the plurality of features in the vehicle; and
modifying at least one of features of the vehicle based on the determined one or more OTA updates, wherein the plurality of features comprises a massage feature, a heating feature, a cooling feature, an air conditioning feature corresponding to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system deployed onboard the vehicle.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the OTA updates are provided by at least one of an equipment manufacturer and vehicle supplier.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising modifying at least one of the plurality of features, the modification updating heating and cooling of a seat of the vehicle or main cabin components of the vehicle.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the biometric information corresponds to at least one of a heart rate, a heart rate variability, a breath rate, a blood pressure, a temperature, a perspiration level, a brain activity, an eye tracking, and electro-dermal response (EDR).

15. The method of claim 14 , the plurality of sensors comprising at least one of: an electroencephalogram (EEG) sensor configured to measure electroencephalogram information associated with a brain of the occupant, a brain wave monitoring sensor configured to monitor brain waves associated with the brain of the occupant, a heart rate sensor configured to monitor heart rate of the occupant, a siesmocardiography (SCG) sensor configured to monitor recording of body vibrations induced by the heartbeat, an Electro-Dermal Response (EDR) sensor configured to measure neurally mediated effects on sweat gland permeability, and an Skin Conductance Response (SCR) sensor configured to measure sympathetic autonomic activity.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising receiving the biometric information from a plurality of contactless sensors deployed on-board the vehicle, wherein the contactless sensors are positioned on at least one of: an instrument panel of the vehicle, a steering wheel of the vehicle, a headrest of the vehicle, a seat back support of the vehicle, a seat bottom of the vehicle, and a headliner of the vehicle.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising modifying a pre-programmed massage sequence of operations of a massage system of the vehicle executing the massage feature.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving biometric information from a plurality of vehicles associated with each of a plurality of occupants.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising receiving the biometric information from the plurality of vehicles in response to a stimulus, the stimulus comprising at least one of a radio advertisement, a billboard and a video advertisement and based on the biometric information from the plurality of vehicles, provide an output indicative of effectiveness of the stimulus in obtaining a desired attention from the occupant.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising categorizing the received biometric information based on an age, a gender and an ethnicity of the plurality of occupants and synchronizing the categorized information to the stimulus.

Assignees

• Lear Corp

Inventors

• Gallagher David

Classifications

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B60K35/26

  using acoustic output · CPC title

• B60K35/85

  Arrangements for transferring vehicle- or driver-related data · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B60K35/25

  using haptic output · CPC title