Patent ID: 11912285
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 13:
14. An apparatus implemented in association with an autonomous vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of sensors configured to capture sensor data relating to the vehicle and activities within the vehicle, the plurality of sensors comprising a camera and a location sensor, the camera having a field of view of an interior cabin of the vehicle; and
processing circuitry in communication with a data communication network;
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
receive a trip plan via the data communications network, the trip plan comprising a pick-up location, a drop-off location, an identity of the passenger, and control parameters, the control parameters comprising a heat-related criterion;
execute the trip plan according to the pick-up location, the drop-off location, the identity of the passenger, and the control parameters;
receive sensor data from the plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors comprising a thermal camera having a field of view of an interior cabin of the vehicle and configured to capture heat data of the passenger;
analyze the sensor data in relation to a criteria profile to determine whether compliance boundaries of the criteria profile have been violated, wherein the criteria profile is generated based on the trip plan and indicates compliance boundaries for the trip plan;
send an alert in response to determining that the sensor data indicates that a violation of a compliance boundary of the criteria profile has occurred;
analyze the heat data relative to the heat-related criterion as provided in the criteria profile; and
send the alert in response to determining that the heat data violated the heat-related criterion,
wherein the heat data is indicative of a physical behavior of more than one passenger in the cabin of the vehicle.