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Class Information
Number: 180/272
Name: Motor vehicles > With means for promoting safety of vehicle, its occupant or load, or an external object > Responsive to absence or inattention of operator, or negatively reactive to attempt to operate vehicle by person not qualified mentally or physically to do so
Description: Vehicle wherein the means either (a) initiates action to safeguard the vehicle or an occupant (e.g., applies brake, closes throttle, sounds alarm, etc.) when the operator is not at his usual station or fails to positively indicate his presence and/or his attentiveness (e.g., a "deadman-type" control), or (b) foils an attempt to start or drive the vehicle if the would-be operator is unable to demonstrate his mental or physical capacity to do so (e.g., a "coded" ignition lock for dissuading one who is inebriated).
Sub-classes under this class:
Patents under this class:
| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7460940 |
Method and arrangement for interpreting a subjects head and eye activity |
Dec. 2, 2008 |
| 7457695 |
Portable, self-contained vehicle seat occupancy alert device |
Nov. 25, 2008 |
| 7455146 |
Method and device for recognizing the level of awareness of a vehicle driver |
Nov. 25, 2008 |
| 7451852 |
Vehicle sobriety interlock system with personal identification element |
Nov. 18, 2008 |
| 7448925 |
Safety shut-off device for vehicle having a rotary on-off switch |
Nov. 11, 2008 |
| 7446668 |
Vehicle occupant sensing system having a low profile sensor assembly |
Nov. 4, 2008 |
| 7431120 |
Operating method for vehicles |
Oct. 7, 2008 |
| 7427924 |
System and method for monitoring driver fatigue |
Sep. 23, 2008 |
| 7421293 |
Stress-at-work judging apparatus, stress-at-work judging program, and stress-at-work judging method |
Sep. 2, 2008 |
| 7413047 |
Alcohol ignition interlock system and method |
Aug. 19, 2008 |
| 7408445 |
Proximity activated vehicle signaling system |
Aug. 5, 2008 |
| 7394392 |
Expert system safety screening of equipment operators |
Jul. 1, 2008 |
| 7377352 |
Vehicle ignition interlock systems with mouth alcohol contamination sensor |
May. 27, 2008 |
| 7369942 |
Vehicle traveling state determining apparatus |
May. 6, 2008 |
| 7352081 |
Control method and device for activating and deactivating the child safety lock function of vehicle doors |
Apr. 1, 2008 |
| 7339463 |
Infant alert system and methods thereof |
Mar. 4, 2008 |
| 7322438 |
Control apparatus for an electrically driven power steering |
Jan. 29, 2008 |
| 7321311 |
Steering handle for motor vehicles and method for recording a physical parameter on a steering handle |
Jan. 22, 2008 |
| 7299890 |
Vehicle ignition interlock systems having transdermal alcohol sensor |
Nov. 27, 2007 |
| 7302344 |
Driver adaptive collision warning system |
Nov. 27, 2007 |
| 7290635 |
Work machine operator control station with moveably attached controller |
Nov. 6, 2007 |
| 7292153 |
System and method for determining a vehicle driver's blood/alcohol level |
Nov. 6, 2007 |
| 7287617 |
Vehicle ignition interlock systems with multiple alcohol sensors |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
| 7283898 |
Seating sensor system, failure state detecting method using seating sensor and industrial vehicle with seating sensor system |
Oct. 16, 2007 |
| 7254439 |
Method and system for contactless evaluation of fatigue of an operator |
Aug. 7, 2007 |
| 7240756 |
Method of operator presence control on walk behind powered equipment |
Jul. 10, 2007 |
| 7236094 |
Drug and alcohol sensor safety system and methods |
Jun. 26, 2007 |
| 7227472 |
Multistage safety screening of equipment operators |
Jun. 5, 2007 |
| 7222690 |
Awakening degree determining system |
May. 29, 2007 |
| 7218236 |
Vehicle ignition interlock systems that detect the presence of alcohol within vehicles |
May. 15, 2007 |
| 7204335 |
Vehicle sobriety interlock device |
Apr. 17, 2007 |
| 7138923 |
System and method for monitoring driver fatique |
Nov. 21, 2006 |
| 7137471 |
Alcohol and drug sensor system for vehicles |
Nov. 21, 2006 |
| 7103454 |
Process for recognizing the movement of a motor vehicle |
Sep. 5, 2006 |
| 7054723 |
Information presentation controlling apparatus and method based on driver's mental fatigue |
May. 30, 2006 |
| 7049947 |
System and method for monitoring the operational condition of a motor vehicle |
May. 23, 2006 |
| 7046158 |
Method and apparatus for sensing seat occupancy |
May. 16, 2006 |
| 7042340 |
Vehicle mounted animal alerting device |
May. 9, 2006 |
| 7026912 |
Engine control apparatus |
Apr. 11, 2006 |
| 7026946 |
Method and apparatus for sensing seat occupancy |
Apr. 11, 2006 |
| 7027621 |
Method and apparatus for operator condition monitoring and assessment |
Apr. 11, 2006 |
| 7019653 |
System for alerting a vehicle driver |
Mar. 28, 2006 |
| 7012513 |
Method and device for dynamic setting of a vehicle component |
Mar. 14, 2006 |
| 6971669 |
Passenger discriminating apparatus |
Dec. 6, 2005 |
| 6967581 |
Breath alcohol detection system with identity verification |
Nov. 22, 2005 |
| 6956484 |
Substance testing devices with photo identification |
Oct. 18, 2005 |
| 6956465 |
Occupant detection system in a motor vehicle |
Oct. 18, 2005 |
| 6948398 |
Joystick with enabling sensors |
Sep. 27, 2005 |
| 6946966 |
Method and device for diagnosing in a motor vehicle a driver's fitness drive |
Sep. 20, 2005 |
| 6942248 |
Occupant restraint device control system and method |
Sep. 13, 2005 |
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