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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2017
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jingyan Wan, Sterling Heights, MI (US);

Winson Ng, San Jose, CA (US);

Mary E. Decaluwe, Oxford, MI (US);

Mario Jodorkovsky, Nesher, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/02 (2012.01); A61M 21/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/025 (2013.01); A61M 21/00 (2013.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 50/08 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0872 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for mitigating motion sickness. When motion sickness is predicted, the motion sickness mitigation system alters vehicle performance, cabin conditions, and/or alerts the occupant to upcoming vehicle actions, to avoid or alleviate motion sickness. A controller includes a processor that receives an occupant profile and traffic information for an upcoming trip of the vehicle on a route. Using the occupant profile and the traffic information, the processor calculates whether the occupant will experience motion sickness when the vehicle travels on the route. A vehicle performance signal correlated to the calculation, is delivered by the processor to initiate motion sickness mitigation. The vehicle performance signal varies operation of a steering actuator, an acceleration actuator, and/or a brake actuator to implement the motion sickness mitigation.


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