Impairment Recognition Mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016280181-A1
Application number	US-201514669826-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 26, 2015
Priority date	Mar 26, 2015
Publication date	Sep 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method is described including receiving sensory data, determining an indication of initial user impairment based on the sensory data, providing one or more games to the user to determine a level of user impairment, calculating a game score based on user responses to the one or more games and providing an indication of impairment upon a determination that the game score indicates user impairment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus to impairment recognition, comprising:
a sensor array to acquire sensory data; a passive detect system to receive the sensory data and determine an indication of user impairment; and stimulus response logic to receive the indication of user impairment, perform one or more games and determine a level of user impairment based on the user response to the one or more games.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a system to provide stimuli to the user during performance of the one or more games.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the system comprises an infotainment system is coupled to receive the stimuli from input/output (I/O) devices.

4 . The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the stimulus response logic measures the user response to stimuli provided by the system.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the stimulus response logic computes a game score based on the user response.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the game score is analyzed to determine user impairment.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 wherein user impairment is determined whenever the game score falls below a pre-determined threshold.

8 . The apparatus of claim 6 wherein user impairment is determined based on a decrease of the game score at a specific rate.

9 . The apparatus of claim 6 wherein user impairment is determined based on atypical deviation between game scores from the one or more games.

10 . The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising a safety system to receive an impairment indication upon a determination of impairment at the stimulus response logic.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the passive detect system receives user images as sensory data.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the passive detect system further receives movement data as sensory data.

13 . An impairment recognition method comprising:
receiving sensory data; determining an indication of initial user impairment based on the sensory data; providing one or more games to the user to determine a level of user impairment; calculating a game score based on user responses to the one or more games; and providing an indication of impairment upon a determination that the game score indicates user impairment.

14 . The method of claim 13 wherein user impairment is determined whenever the game score falls below a pre-determined threshold.

15 . The method of claim 13 wherein user impairment is determined based on a decrease of the game score at a specific rate.

16 . The method of claim 13 wherein user impairment is determined based on atypical deviation between game scores from the one or more games.

17 . The method of claim 13 wherein the sensory data comprises user images.

18 . The method of claim 17 wherein the sensory data further comprises movement data.

19 . At least one machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to carry out operations comprising:
receiving sensory data; determining an indication of initial user impairment based on the sensory data; providing one or more games to the user to determine a level of user impairment; calculating a game score based on user responses to the one or more games; and providing an indication of impairment upon a determination that the game score indicates user impairment.

20 . The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein user impairment is determined whenever the game score falls below a pre-determined threshold.

21 . The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein user impairment is determined based on a decrease of the game score at a specific rate.

22 . The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein user impairment is determined based on atypical deviation between game scores from the one or more games.

23 . An automobile comprising:
a sensor array to acquire sensory data; an impairment recognition system including;
a passive detect system to receive the sensory data and determine an indication of user impairment; and
stimulus response logic to receive the indication of user impairment, perform one or more games and determine a level of user impairment based on the user response to the one or more games.

24 . The automobile of claim 23 further comprising an infotainment system coupled to the impairment recognition system to provide stimuli to the user during performance of the one or more games.

25 . The automobile of claim 24 further comprising a safety system to receive an impairment indication upon a determination of impairment at the stimulus response logic.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Poisner David I
• Krimon Yuri

Classifications

• H04N23/00

  Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof · CPC title

• A63F13/803

  Driving vehicles or craft, e.g. cars, airplanes, ships, robots or tanks · CPC title

• A63F13/46

  Computing the game score · CPC title

• B60W2040/0818

  Inactivity or incapacity of driver · CPC title

• A63F2300/516

  connected to a local network, e.g. in a plane, hotel · CPC title