Patent ID: 8825304

Claim:
A computer-based method for mediating tasks in real-time for safety-related concerns, comprising: determining, at least in part via a processing unit, a nature of a primary task related to safety based on a complexity of the primary task, the complexity based on one or more characteristics of the primary task, the one or more characteristics of the primary task not comprising speed, the one or more characteristics of the primary task corresponding to at least one of a traffic condition or an environmental condition, the nature of the primary task indicative of cognitive resources required to perform the primary task; determining, at least in part via the processing unit, a nature of a secondary task, the nature of the secondary task indicative of cognitive resources required to perform the secondary task; determining, at least in part via the processing unit, a risk factor for a potential lack of the cognitive resources required to perform the primary task by applying the nature of the primary task and the nature of the secondary task to a trained risk factor model; and applying, at least in part via the processing unit, the risk factor to one or more safety-related systems in real-time.