Patent ID: 7187292

Claim:
A system for monitoring a physical condition of a driver for a vehicle including an engine, a door, a shift lever, and a steering wheel, the system comprising: a portable device carried by the driver, the portable device including a detection unit, for detecting biological information comprising at least one of perspiration amount and body temperature and serving as an index representing the physical condition of the driver, and a transmitter unit, for transmitting a transmission signal including the biological information comprising at least one of perspiration amount and body temperature detected by the detection unit; and a monitoring device installed in the vehicle, the monitoring device including a receiver unit, for receiving the transmission signal from the portable device, and a notification unit, for notifying the driver of his or her physical condition based on the biological information comprising at least one of perspiration amount and body temperature and included in the transmission signal received by the receiver unit, wherein the monitoring device enables the unlocking of the door and disable unlocking of the steering wheel, starting of the engine, or unlocking of the shift lever if the perspiration amount of the driver exceeds a threshold value.