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Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2010
Applicants:

Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);

Kwaku O. Prakah-asante, Commerce Township, MI (US);

Finn Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Jianbo LU, Northville, MI (US);

Inventors:

Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);

Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Commerce Township, MI (US);

Finn Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Jianbo Lu, Northville, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2012.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2013.01); B60W 50/087 (2013.01); G01C 21/3641 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2520/125 (2013.01); B60W 2520/14 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2550/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle's dynamic handling state, driver inputs to the vehicle, etc. may be examined to determine one or more measures of driver workload. Driver interface tasks may then be delayed and/or prevented from executing based on the driver workload so as to not increase the driver workload. Alternatively, driver interface tasks may be scheduled for execution based on the driver workload and caused to execute according to the schedule, for example, to minimize the impact the executing driver interface tasks have on driver workload.


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