SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE PREVENTION OF NON-EMERGENCY USE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

摘要

A system for preventing vehicular accidents by selectively disabling use of at least selected features of a wireless stand-alone electronic device (12) under a predetermined set of conditions. The system comprises a sensor-input/logic controller (14) for establishing a state of a set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied, receivers/transmitters (16a, 16b) for communicating the state to the electronic device, and system controllers (18a, 18b) for disabling the selected features if the state is satisfied. The predetermined set of conditions indicating movement of a vehicle, location within a predetermined area, activation of a switch, non-emergency use of the device or a combination thereof.