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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
May. 13, 2009
Applicants:
Bijaya Aryal, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Linda S. Angell, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Inventors:
Bijaya Aryal, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Linda S. Angell, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2350/906 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for determining when a task may be performed on a vehicle that is moving. The method includes generating a driver workload value based on at least one task parameter describing a predetermined attribute of the task and preventing a user from performing the task if the driver workload value exceeds a predetermined driver workload threshold and the vehicle is moving.