The invention relates to the field of vehicle indications and to automotive lighting therefor.
There is a lack for tools for ensuring that a driver holds the steering wheels by both hands.
There is a long felt need to provide a solution to the above-mentioned and other problems of the prior art.
A vehicle reporting system, including:
A vehicle indication system 10 includes a plurality of electrodes or other sensors, such as 1R, disposed on the vehicle's steering wheel 14 or on the cover thereof. The electrodes are configured to conduct therebetween by the driver's hand 12A disposed thereon via natural electrical conduction of the user's hand, or by physical pressure.
According to the example of
Vehicle indication system 10 further includes a phone call receiver 72, especially for identifying written calls, such as SMS, Whatsapp, etc.
Vehicle indication system 10 further includes a controller 22 for identifying these electrical connections.
The “C” (being the common) electrodes are electrically connected one to the other, while electrodes “2R” and “5R” and others are not.
All Electrodes constitute inputs to controller 22. For example, electrode 3R of
Controller 22 is configured to identify the electrical connections between the electrodes, such as to identify the electrical conductance between electrodes 3R and 4R through zone 50A, being the user's right hand, by an internal conductance meter 70A disposed between input 3R′ and 4R′; and to identify the electrical cut between electrodes 1R and 2R by an internal conductance meter 70B disposed between input 1R′ and 2R′.
The identified electrical connections of time T1 are recorded into a map 52T1; the identified electrical connections of time T2 are recorded into a map 52T2, etc.
Controller 22 is programmed to collect maps 52T1, 52T2, etc. and their times T1, T2, etc. respectively into a memory 42.
The disposition of the hands of
Map 52T1 is equivalent to the information that on time T1, zone 50A of the user's hands connects between inputs C, 3R, 4R and 5R; and zone 50B connects between inputs C and 1R.
In an (extreme) example that map 52T1 includes that none of the electrodes are connected, meaning that the driver does not hold steering wheel at all, controller 22 alerts by alerting means 34 (also in
In the case of
Once identified that the user has removed hands from the steering wheel, and as well a call is attempting to be received, this is the most dangerous time to remove the hands from the steering wheel, since the removal is for using the phone.
The system reminds the driver to hold the steering wheel, turning on a red light when he does not
The system reports holding and non-holding of the steering wheel to the taxi company, LIBER, parents, etc.
The system produces, by distributing the data, rating of the driving qualities of different drivers, and thus each driver receives a score.
numeral 10 denotes the vehicle reporting system according to one embodiment of the invention;
The reference numbers in the claims should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any form.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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279430 | Dec 2020 | IL | national |
This application is a continuation-in-part of International Application No. PCT/IL2021/051481, filed Dec. 13, 2021, which claims the benefit of priority from Israel Patent Application No. 279430, filed Dec. 14, 2020, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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Parent | PCT/IL2021/051481 | Dec 2021 | US |
Child | 18208915 | US |