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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2013
Applicant:

Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry, GB;

Inventor:

Sebastian Paszkowicz, Coventry, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/08 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1096 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system of controlling the output of information to a driver. It provides to monitor at least one operating parameter of a vehicle and to estimate driver workload is estimated based on said at least one operating parameter, using a plurality of thresholds (HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW) defining driver workload ratings. Output of information to the driver is controlled based on the estimated driver workload rating. To ensure that also low priority information is outputted, the invention provides to periodically cycling through some or all of those defined driver workload ratings having a lower rating than the current estimated workload rating.


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