Patent ID: 8138951

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a system having at least one operator control affecting at least one performance parameter of the system; at least one biometric sensor; at least one physiological sensor; a central processor unit operatively coupled to the at least one biometric sensor, the at least one physiological sensor, and the at least one operator control, the central processor unit configured to confirm the identity of an operator from the data obtained from the biometric sensor, compare sensed biometric and physiological parameters of the at least one operator with one or more stored data, detect a discontinuity between the sensed biometric and physiological parameters and the stored data, alter the at least one performance parameter of the at least one operator control in response to the discontinuity, detect an abnormality in a surrounding environment causing the discontinuity, provide at emergency signal for transmitting an emergency signal to a remotely located control center, and to assess the condition of at least one physiological parameter exhibited by the operator from data obtained from the physiological sensor, and to cause the at least one operator control to affect the at least one performance parameter of the system in response thereto.