A system preventing an impaired driver from starting a vehicle has a mobile application executing on a portable communication device having a display screen, user-operable input elements, a microphone audio input, a speaker and wireless communication circuitry, a hardware component integrated into wiring of the vehicle, the hardware component comprising a normally open switching element operable by wireless signal from the portable communication device, that when open prevents the vehicle from starting, and an interactive interface displayed on the display screen.The interactive interface requests specific action from a candidate driver, records the candidate driver's action, determines if the action indicates the candidate driver is impaired, and if not impaired, signals the hardware component wirelessly to close the normally open switching element for a predetermined time, enabling the candidate driver to start the vehicle.


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    Title :

    Impaired driver deterrent system


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    Publication date :

    2025-05-27


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / A61B DIAGNOSIS , Diagnostik / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS , Drahtlose Kommunikationsnetze



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