US 12,491,900 B1
Impaired driver warning and avoidance system
Eric David Schroeder, San Antonio, TX (US); Donnette L Moncrief Brown, San Antonio, TX (US); Snehal Desai, Richardson, TX (US); Manfred Amann, San Antonio, TX (US); Timothy Frank Davison, San Antonio, TX (US); Rachel Michelle Ballew, San Antonio, TX (US); Kelsey Anne O'Brien, Austin, TX (US); and Sayeef Rahim, Allen, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on May 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/324,352.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/365,437, filed on May 27, 2022.
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/164 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4046 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4047 (2020.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing a driving route to a driver of a first vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving information about a second vehicle from at least one sensor of the first vehicle;
determining, based on the information, that a driver of the second vehicle is an impaired driver and a type of impairment of the driver of the second vehicle;
determining, based on the information, a predicted path of the second vehicle;
receiving a current location and a current route of the first vehicle;
determining, based on the current location and the current route of the first vehicle and the predicted path of the second vehicle, a likelihood of a vehicle intersection event occurring between the first vehicle and the second vehicle at a hazardous location; and
causing an alert to be presented to the driver of the first vehicle, the alert being based on the likelihood of the vehicle intersection event and containing a visual presentation to the driver of the first vehicle of information about a modified route that starts at the current location of the first vehicle and causes the first vehicle to avoid the hazardous location;
wherein the visual presentation is shown on a windshield of the first vehicle in such a way that the windshield remains transparent when showing the visual presentation;
wherein the visual presentation includes a map of the modified route, a distance indicator indicating a proximity to the hazardous location, and an impaired drive tag describing the type of impairment of the driver of the second vehicle.