Patent ID: 7711355
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: at least two operable devices with operating states that are producible or changeable, for usage in a vehicle, with an operating panel configured to allow a user to cause at least one of producing existing operating states or changing existing operating states of a respective one of the operable devices; at least one sensor in the vehicle; and a decision unit, coupled to the operating panel of the respective operable device, which receives data from said at least one sensor for determining vehicle-specific conditions, at least including the vehicle speed, over a time period of vehicle operation by evaluating the received sensor data and which converts the vehicle-specific conditions into a driving profile indicating an actual driving situation of the vehicle and blocks or releases the existing operating states of the respective operable device according to whether the actual driving situation is detected to be dangerous or non-dangerous, said detection being made on a basis of the driving profile; wherein different speed limitations apply to different ones of said at least two operable devices or different operating states of one of said at least two operable devices in said detection if the actual driving situation is dangerous or non-dangerous.