US 11,808,591 B2
Affective-cognitive load based navigation
Joseph Verbeke, San Francisco, CA (US); Stefan Marti, Oakland, CA (US); Sven Kratz, Saratoga, CA (US); Adam Boulanger, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Neeka Mansourian, El Dorado Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US)
Filed by HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Stamford, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/893,292.
Prior Publication US 2021/0381839 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3461 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G01C 21/3661 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
utilizing a processor associated with a vehicle, wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain a starting location and a destination location, wherein the starting location is obtained from a location module in the vehicle;
determine from a navigation database a plurality of routes from the starting location to the destination location;
retrieve from an affective-cognitive load (ACL) database a waypoint ACL value associated with a first waypoint along a first route of the plurality of routes, wherein the waypoint ACL value corresponds to an ACL of a driver traveling through the first waypoint;
determine a route ACL value for the first route based on at least the waypoint ACL value;
receive a user input from an input device, wherein the user input selects a first mode of operation from a plurality of modes of operation and wherein each mode of operation included in the plurality of modes of operations corresponds to a respective value for weighting route ACL values;
compute an evaluation score for the first route by weighting the route ACL value with a first weight and weighting a time or a distance of the first route with a second weight, wherein a value of the first weight and a value of the second weight are determined based on the first mode of operation;
select the first route from the plurality of routes based on the evaluation score; and
transmit the first route for output to a display device of the vehicle.