Education and demonstration – Vehicle operator instruction or testing – Automobile or truck
Reexamination Certificate
1999-02-26
2001-03-13
Rimell, Sam (Department: 3712)
Education and demonstration
Vehicle operator instruction or testing
Automobile or truck
C600S587000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06200139
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND
This invention related generally to systems for training and evaluating operators of vehicles such as automobiles, trucks, airplanes, trains, boats and the like.
Currently, vehicle operators may be trained using simulators. For example, aircraft training simulators are known which expose the operator to a variety of different conditions and evaluate the operator's response to those conditions. In addition, in automated driver testing, the driver may be asked a series of questions and his or her answers are then checked against the correct answers in a computer database. All of these approaches respond to the need to obtain better and lower cost evaluation and training of vehicle operators. This hopefully improves the performance of those operators and reduces their training cost.
Some characteristics of a good operator may be difficult to assess. A trainer may watch the operator for certain characteristics such as checking rear view mirrors, and checking gauges and the like. However, an objective evaluation of whether the person has mastered the skills necessary to operate the vehicle correctly may be difficult to obtain. For example, it may be difficult to compare the abilities of one driver quantitatively to those of other drivers.
Thus, there is a continuing need for better techniques for training and evaluating vehicle operators.
SUMMARY
In accordance with one embodiment, a vehicle operator training system may include a sensor adapted to sense what an operator looks at. A controller is adapted to record information about what the operator looked at.
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Intel Corporation
Rimell Sam
Trop Pruner & Hu P.C.
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