	US 11,993,270 B2
	System and method for driving style driver identity determination and control of vehicle functions
Andreas U. Kuehnle, Villa Park, CA (US); Zheng Li, Irvine, CA (US); Karl H. Jones, Elyria, OH (US); and Eric E. Bloam, Elyria, OH (US)
Assigned to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC, Avon, OH (US)
Filed by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC, Elyria, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/542,054.
Prior Publication US 2023/0174075 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)

CPC B60W 40/09 (2013.01) [B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); B60W 2050/0083 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/043 (2020.02); B60W 2540/30 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. A system for controlling a vehicle based on a driving style determined driver identity, comprising:

one or more sensors configured to capture driving-style-based data characterizing a driving style of an unknown driver;

at least one control unit configured to:

determine a driving style vector of the unknown driver from the captured driving-style-based data;

compare the driving style vector of the unknown driver to driving style vectors of a plurality of known drivers so as to generate a similarity score for each of the plurality of known drivers compared to;

rank at least a subset of the plurality of known drivers according to their respective similarity scores;

determine a probable identity of the unknown driver as at least one of the ranked known drivers based on the respective similarity scores; and

control at least one vehicle system based on the determined probable identity of the unknown driver.