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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Doron M. Elliott, Detroit, MI (US);
Gary Steven Strumolo, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 28/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2013.01); B60K 28/02 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/00 (2013.01); H04M 1/6091 (2013.01); H04M 1/7253 (2013.01); H04M 1/72577 (2013.01); H04M 1/72597 (2013.01); H04M 2250/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle computer system includes one or more processors configured to receive context data representative of a vehicle's environment from one or more modules. The one or more processors are programmed and configured to receive the context data from one or more modules, determine an attention demand value utilizing the context data and a workload value corresponding to the context data, and output an indicator to activate or adjust a do not disturb feature based on the attention demand value.