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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2023
Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);
Robert Steel, Coventry, GB;
GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
A driver intoxication test system is provided for a vehicle including: a quick intoxication pre-test subsystem for quickly determining whether there is reason to suspect the driver may be intoxicated; an intoxication validation test subsystem for determining whether the driver is intoxicated; and a controller is configured to determine whether the quick intoxication pre-test subsystem has detected a reason to suspect the driver may be intoxicated. When a reason to suspect the driver may be intoxicated has been detected, an intoxication validation test is conducted and it is determined whether the driver has passed the intoxication validation test. When a reason to suspect the driver may be intoxicated has not been detected, the controller does not instruct the intoxication validation test subsystem to conduct an intoxication validation test.