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Sony patents car system that alerts servers to driver drowsiness or damage

Sony describes a device for cars that monitors the driver's attention, health, and the vehicle's physical condition. If it detects an issue, such as a sleepy driver or a broken windshield, it automatically sends that data to a cloud server or roadside equipment.

Why it mattersThis could help improve road safety by allowing external systems to react to dangerous driving conditions or vehicle failures in real time.

In the filing’s own words

A terminal-side electronic device in a wireless communication system includes circuitry configured to acquire information about an internal state of a vehicle associated with the terminal-side electronic device, and in response to information about an abnormal internal state of the vehicle being acquired, actively send the information about the abnormal internal state of the vehicle to at least one of a cloud server, an edge server, a roadside equipment, or other device.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A terminal-side electronic device in a wireless communication system, the terminal-side electronic device comprising: circuitry configured to acquire information about an internal state of a vehicle associated with the terminal-side electronic device, the information about the internal state of the vehicle including (i) information about vehicle driver status, (ii) information about vehicle passenger status, and (iii) information about vehicle internal equipment status, wherein (i) the information about vehicle driver status includes information about at least one of (a) an orientation of a driver's sight, (b) an orientation of the driver's head, (c) a position of the driver's hands, (d) the driver's health status, (e) whether the driver is sleepy, (f) whether the driver is too excited, or (g) whether the driver is inattentive, (ii) the information about vehicle passenger status includes information about at least one of (a) a passenger's facial expression, (b) the passenger's health, or (c) the passenger's vital signs, and (iii) the information about vehicle internal equipment status includes information about at least one of (a) whether a windshield is damaged, (b) whether a skylight is damaged, (c) whether a window is damaged, or (d) whether an air conditioner in the vehicle works normally; and in response to information about an abnormal internal state of the vehicle being acquired, actively send the information about the abnormal internal state of the vehicle to at least one of a cloud server, an edge server, roadside equipment, or other device.

Facts

Company
Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
Publication number
US20260270662A1
Application number
19658975
Filed
Apr 27, 2026
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
18

Classified under

H04W 4/38 Electricity & electronicsH04W 4/40 Electricity & electronics

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