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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Thomas Lee Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Scott Alan Watkins, Canton, MI (US);
Brian Bennie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for recording events in a vehicle based on driver status of a driver is provided. The apparatus comprises a vehicle interface device. The device is configured to receive a driver status signal indicative of the driver being one of a primary driver and a secondary driver. The device is further configured to receive at least one vehicle event signal corresponding to vehicle events in response to the driver status signal indicating that the driver is the secondary driver and to store the at least one vehicle event signal to record the vehicle events. The device is further configured to generate a report indicating the recorded vehicle events for transmission to at least one of the primary driver and the secondary driver.