US 11,986,309 B2
Passenger identification and profile mapping via brainwave monitoring
Muhamed K. Farooq, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Chungchih Chou, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Sean P. Rodrigues, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/226,713.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322994 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/38 (2021.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/18 (2006.01); A61B 5/384 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 5/384 (2021.01) [A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61B 5/18 (2013.01); A61B 5/7435 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A vehicle system comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
display one or more of an image, a sign, a graphic, and an icon to a user,
collect electroencephalogram (EEG) data, using a brainwave detector, of a brainwave response of the user seeing the one or more the image, the sign, the graphic, and the icon, and
in a case that the EEG data matches pre-stored EEG data in a registry, configure a vehicle according to a user profile in the registry corresponding to the pre-stored EEG data,
wherein the pre-stored EEG data in the registry is data of a brainwave response of the user seeing the one or more the image, the sign, the graphic, and the icon at a previous point in time.
 
10. A vehicle system comprising,
processing circuitry configured to:
display one or more of an image, a sign, a graphic, and an icon to a user,
collect electroencephalogram (EEG data), using a brainwave detector, of a brainwave response of the user seeing the one or more the image, the sign, the graphic, and the icon,
collect secondary biometric data of the user using one or more sensors, and
in a case that at least one of the EEG data and the secondary biometric data match pre-stored EEG data and pre-stored secondary biometric data in a registry, configure vehicle according to a user profile in the registry corresponding to the pre-stored EEG data and the pre-stored secondary biometric data,
wherein the pre-stored EEG data in the registry is data of a brainwave response of the user seeing the one or more the image, the sign, the graphic, and the icon at a previous point in time.
 
13. A method comprising:
display one or more of an image, a sign, a graphic, and an icon to a user;
collecting electroencephalogram (EEG) data, using a brainwave detector, of a brainwave response of the user seeing the one or more the image, the sign, the graphic, and the icon; and
in a case that the EEG data matches pre-stored EEG data in a registry, configuring a vehicle according to a user profile in the registry corresponding to the pre-stored EEG data,
wherein the pre-stored EEG data in the registry is data of a brainwave response of the user seeing the one or more the image, the sign, the graphic, and the icon at a previous point in time.