US 12,005,918 B2
System and method for providing assistance to vehicle occupants
Nilanjan Biswas, Rajarhat (IN); Shantanu Banerjee, Howrah (IN); Kyunglack Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Abhishek Chatterjee, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to Wipro Limited, Bangalore (IN)
Filed by Wipro Limited, Bangalore (IN)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,170.
Claims priority of application No. 202141039663 (IN), filed on Sep. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0069413 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4029 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing assistance to vehicle occupants, the method comprising:
receiving, by an assistance device, a set of static information and a set of dynamic information associated with each of a vehicle, a set of Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), and at least one occupant within the vehicle;
processing, by the assistance device, the set of static information and the set of dynamic information through at least one of a first Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model and a rule engine by:
determining, by the assistance device, an environmental context from vehicle data and environmental data provided in at least one of the set of static information and the set of dynamic information, wherein the environmental data includes information associated with at least one of current weather situation, traffic, drive terrain, ambient light, nearby vehicles, or pedestrians;
determining, by the assistance device, an accessibility context from at least one of the set of static information and the set of dynamic information, wherein the accessibility context is determined for at least one occupant for a particular time instance based on information, provided in at least one of, the set of static information and in the set of dynamic information, including the vehicle data, health information of the at least one occupant, the environmental data, driving preferences of the at least one occupant, HMI state information, and pre-determined accessibility data pertaining to the at least one occupant;
determining, by the assistance device, an accessibility score for the occupant in response to an event based on the determined environmental context and the determined accessibility context;
generating, by the assistance device, at least one of at least one accessibility compliant HMI content for at least one of the set of HMIs and vehicle control content for the vehicle based on the accessibility score, wherein the vehicle control content is associated with driving instructions; and
executing, by the assistance device, at least one of the at least one accessibility compliant HMI content and the vehicle control content, wherein executing the vehicle control content includes automatically performing an action to control the vehicle.