US 12,109,885 B2
Driver intoxication test system and method
Robert Steel, Coventry (GB)
Assigned to GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US)
Filed by Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/181,222.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/318,027, filed on Mar. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0286379 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); B60K 28/00 (2006.01); B60K 28/06 (2006.01); G01N 33/497 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/19 (2022.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01)
CPC B60K 28/063 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4845 (2013.01); G01N 33/497 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/19 (2022.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); A61B 2503/22 (2013.01); B60K 2028/003 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driver intoxication test system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
a sensor assembly configured for mounting in the vehicle to detect at least one intoxicating substance within the vehicle;
an intoxication validation test subsystem configured for mounting in the vehicle, the intoxication validation test subsystem configured to determine whether the driver is intoxicated; and
a controller in communication with the sensor assembly and the intoxication validation test subsystem, the controller configured to:
determine whether the sensor assembly has detected an intoxicating substance;
when the sensor assembly has detected an intoxicating substance, the controller instructs the intoxication validation test subsystem to conduct an intoxication validation test and determines if the driver has passed the intoxication validation test; and
when the sensor assembly has not detected an intoxicating substance, the controller does not instruct the intoxication validation test subsystem to conduct an intoxication validation test.