SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A USER OF A VEHICLE HEAD UNIT

摘要

The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, a system for identifying a user of a vehicle head unit. The system includes a head unit having a human-machine interface (HMI), an electrode configured to be in selective electrical communication with a driver of a vehicle when the driver of the vehicle is driving the vehicle, a signal generator electrically connected to the electrode and configured to selectively output an identification signal to the electrode when the vehicle is in a predetermined mode of operation, wherein the identification signal is configured to travel through the driver and into the HMI.

主权项

1. A system for identifying a user of a vehicle head unit, comprising;
a head unit including a human-machine interface (HMI); an electrode configured to be in selective electrical communication with a driver of a vehicle when the driver of the vehicle is driving the vehicle; a signal generator electrically connected to the electrode and configured to selectively output an identification signal to the electrode when the vehicle is in a predetermined mode of operation, wherein the identification signal is configured to travel through the driver and into the HMI; and an identification module operatively connected to the HMI and configured to receive the identification signal such that, when a driver touches the HMI during the predetermined mode of operation, the identification module receives the identification signal and determines that the driver is attempting to operate the HMI during the predetermined mode of operation, wherein when the identification module determines that the driver of the vehicle is attempting to operate the HMI during the predetermined mode of operation, a function of the head unit is at least partially disabled.