US 12,263,852 B2
System and method for preventing drunk driving of vehicle
Yu Jin Jung, Uiwang-si (KR); Yeon Su Kim, Gunpo-si (KR); June Seung Lee, Yongin-si (KR); and Chang Won Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/873,298.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0103017 (KR), filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044733 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/08 (2020.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/1172 (2016.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 50/082 (2013.01) [A61B 5/082 (2013.01); A61B 5/1172 (2013.01); A61B 5/4845 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); A61B 2503/22 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/01 (2020.02); B60W 2540/043 (2020.02); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2540/24 (2013.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for preventing drunk driving of a vehicle including a breathalyzer, the system comprising:
an input unit configured to receive, from a driver registered to the system, an intention to transfer a vehicle control privilege from the registered driver to a passenger;
a sobriety determination unit configured to determine, in response to the input unit receiving the intention to transfer, an inebriation of a current driver seated at a driver's seat of the vehicle, using the breathalyzer;
a driver verification unit configured to verify an identity of the current driver; and
a control unit configured to transfer the vehicle control privilege to the passenger in response to (1) the sobriety determination unit determining that the current driver is not inebriated, and (2) the driver verification unit verifying that the identity of the current driver corresponds to the passenger.