Method and Use of Smartphone Camera to Prevent Distracted Driving

摘要

A method and use are described for disabling certain wireless communication device functionalities based on input from the device's user-facing camera. More particularly, image data of the user is collected, image analysis is used to extract certain metrics about the user, and if those metrics are in violation of one or more thresholds one or more device functionalities are disabled. The functionality may be disabled for a period of time or until the user's image metrics fall below one or more thresholds. The disabled device functionalities may also be extended to connected peripheral devices. Finally, records of threshold violations resulting in disabled device functionality may be stored on the device or a database and made available to third parties.

主权项

1. A method of restricting access to zero or more applications on a wireless communication device, the method comprising: a wireless communication device for controlling radiofrequency transceivers and executing applications, a camera operatively coupled to the wireless communication device for capturing image data of the user, a processor operatively coupled to the wireless communication device and to the camera for performing image analysis of the user's gaze, and a probability calculation executed on the processor for determining if the user's gaze is exceeding a threshold proportional to a temporal, duty-cycle, or rate metric.