US 11,932,285 B2
Communication prioritization in vehicles with automated driver assistance
Shikhar Kwatra, San Jose, CA (US); Sushain Pandit, Austin, TX (US); and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/092,484.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144312 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01)
CPC B60W 60/0059 (2020.02) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 40/174 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); B60W 2540/00 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for managing communication prioritization in a vehicle, the method comprising:
detecting that the vehicle is operated by a human driver;
receiving a communication at a device associated with the human driver, wherein the device is within the vehicle;
determining that the communication has a high priority;
alerting the human driver to the communication and receiving an indication from the human driver to route the communication to a passenger in the vehicle;
identifying the passenger in the vehicle;
determining a relationship proximity score for the passenger with respect to the human driver; and
routing the communication to the passenger based on the relationship proximity score for the passenger with respect to the human driver; wherein, upon determining that the communication cannot be routed to the passenger in the vehicle,
modifying the vehicle operation such that the vehicle is operated autonomously;
routing the communication to the device associated with the human driver; and in response to determining that a driver state is compatible with operating the vehicle at the end of the communication, modifying the vehicle operation such that the vehicle is operated by the human driver.