Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anti-distracted driving systems and methods
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Application No.: US15784053Application Date: 2017-10-13
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Publication No.: US10171650B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: David Moir , Lanny Westgard , Phil Laplante , Glen Suitor , Dean Lorenson
- Applicant: 1943596 ALBERTA LTD.
- Applicant Address: CA Calgary
- Assignee: 1943596 ALBERTA LTD.
- Current Assignee: 1943596 ALBERTA LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Calgary
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; H04M1/725 ; H04B5/00 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W4/14 ; H04W24/08 ; H04W4/80 ; H04M1/60

Abstract:
An anti-distracted driving system comprises a plurality of transceivers at different locations within a vehicle. Each of the transceivers is operable to receive a signal from a mobile communication device and to output a detection signal indicative of the strength of the received signal. A controller in communication with the transceivers is operable to calculate a corresponding distance of the mobile communication device for each of the detection signals and to determine a location of the mobile communication device within the vehicle based on the distances. The controller can send a signal from a transceiver to a mobile communication device in response to determining that the mobile communication device is near a driver's seat, the signal causing at least one function of the mobile communication device to be inhibited.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180041630A1 ANTI-DISTRACTED DRIVING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-02-08
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