HIERARCHICAL BASED VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF

摘要

Some embodiments are directed to hierarchical based computer implemented methods and systems for controlling predetermined vehicle operations upon receiving requests from vehicle occupants. The methods and systems include identifying vehicle occupants regardless of their location within the vehicle, and matching an identified vehicle occupant who has entered a request with one profile of a hierarchy of stored profiles. Each profile can correspond to at least one of the occupants who has been identified, and provides authorization to control certain of the predetermined operations. The methods and systems also include accepting the request to control the requested operation if the matched profile provides authorization to control the requested operation, rejecting the request to control the requested operation if the matched profile does not provide authorization to control the requested operation, and enabling implementation of the requested operation if the request has been accepted based on the matched profile providing authorization.

主权项

1. A hierarchical based vehicle control system for enabling vehicle occupants to control predetermined authorized operations, the system being configured for use with a vehicle that defines multiple distinct locations that may each be occupied by one of the vehicle occupants, the system comprising:
a sensor configured to enable identification of the vehicle occupants regardless of their location within the vehicle; a user input configured to enable the vehicle occupants to enter a request to control one of the predetermined operations; and a processor based controller programmed to:
create and store a hierarchy of profiles, each profile corresponding to at least one of the occupants who has been identified and providing authorization to control certain of the predetermined operations, the hierarchy of profiles including a high ranking profile providing authorization to control more of the predetermined operations than a lower ranked profile,match an identified vehicle occupant who has entered a request with one of the stored profiles,accept the request to control the requested operation if the matched profile provides authorization to control the requested operation,reject the request to control the requested operation if the matched profile does not provide authorization to control the requested operation, and request approval to authorize the previously rejected request from an occupant other than the requesting occupant who has a higher ranked profile than the requesting occupant.