DE102023126137A1 - Collection of medical history characteristics from a passenger of a motor vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

An interior arrangement (6) for a motor vehicle (2) contains a lounge area (8) for an occupant (10), an output module (12) for an anamnesis command (14) as a request to the occupant (10) to perform an anamnesis action (18) correlated with an anamnesis feature (16), a sensor (20) for detecting a sensor signal (22) correlated with the anamnesis feature (16), an interface (24) to an evaluation instance (26), and a control module (28) which outputs the anamnesis command (14) via the output module (12) and detects the sensor signal (22) via the sensor (20) and provides this or a derived variable (30) at the interface (24).
In a method for operating the interior arrangement (6), the control module (28) outputs the anamnesis command (14) via the output module (12) and detects the sensor signal (22) via the sensor (20) and provides the sensor signal (22) and/or the variable (30) at the interface (24).

Description

The invention relates to the collection of anamnesis characteristics from a human being for the purpose of conducting a subsequent anamnesis or diagnosis on that person. "Anamnesis characteristics" are all data, variables, or signals that can be useful in the context of an anamnesis or diagnosis.

From the DE 10 2013 217 559 A1 A method for collecting and transmitting patient data is known. The patient data is collected using a microchip attached to the patient's skin, stored in the microchip, and transmitted via a wireless data connection. The known microchip is used to carry out the method for collecting and transmitting patient data. The microchip attached to the patient's skin can independently collect data, for example, by continuously measuring temperature or heart rate.

Such patient data could be used as anamnesis characteristics, and the patient would then be microchipped.

The object of the present invention is to improve the collection of anamnesis characteristics from a person for the purpose of anamnesis or diagnosis on that person.

This object is achieved by an interior arrangement for a motor vehicle according to claim 1. Preferred or advantageous embodiments of the invention and other categories of invention emerge from the further claims, the following description, and the accompanying figures.

The interior arrangement contains a seating area for each vehicle occupant (short "occupant") of the motor vehicle (short "vehicle") in the form of a person. The seating area is part of the interior of the motor vehicle. The seating area is a location where the respective occupant is intended to be located when using, in particular driving, the vehicle. In particular, this is a seating area in the motor vehicle, which is defined by a vehicle seat of the motor vehicle on which the occupant sits when using the vehicle. The interior arrangement can also contain several such seating areas. However, the invention is explained using a single seating area and is analogously transferable to several seating areas.

The interior arrangement contains at least one output module. This serves or is configured to issue a medical history command to the occupied area. In this case, it is assumed that an occupant is actually present in the occupied area during use or operation of the interior arrangement. The medical history command is then issued or transmitted to the occupant. The medical history command is a request to the occupant in the occupied area. The request consists in the occupant performing a medical history action correlated with a medical history feature. The medical history action is therefore one that the occupant is to perform in response to the medical history command. In this case, it is always assumed that the occupant actually performs this action or is attempting to do so. The medical history feature is any feature of this action that can be detected or recorded by a sensor (see below).

The interior arrangement contains at least one sensor (mentioned above). This serves or is configured to detect a sensor signal correlated with the medical history feature. "Correlated" means that the medical history feature is inherent in the sensor signal as information content, i.e., the medical history feature can be determined/recognized/evaluated based on an evaluation of the sensor signal - automatically, e.g., by a KL or by a human, e.g., a doctor. The sensor signal is detected in the occupied area and thus in the occupant located there. As explained above, it can be assumed that the sensor signal therefore detects/reflects the occupant's reaction to the medical history command, since it is received by the occupant currently in the occupied area. As a result, it can be assumed that the sensor signal then contains the medical history feature as information content. Strictly speaking, if the occupant does not respond to the anamnesis command, for example, the anamnesis feature is then a null feature, which is nevertheless reflected in the sensor signal.

The interior layout contains an interface to at least one evaluation instance. The latter can, but does not have to, be part of the interior layout. The evaluation instance is, for example, the aforementioned clinician or the aforementioned physician, who can perform a patient history or diagnosis based on the patient history characteristics.

The interior arrangement includes a control module. The control module is configured to control at least one of the output modules such that the output module outputs the medical history command to the occupied area (or to the occupant).

The control module is also configured to control at least one of the sensors in such a way that it detects the sensor signal from the occupied area (or the occupant located there). The sensor is controlled in such a way that the occupant's response to the history command is expected to be included in the sensor signal as a history feature in the form of information content.

The control module is also configured to provide at least one of the sensor signals, or alternatively or additionally at least one variable derived from the sensor signals, at the interface. The data is then provided to evaluation entities accessing the interface, as these can then obtain the sensor signal or variable from there. However, as already mentioned, the interior arrangement ends at the interface. Evaluation entities can, but do not have to, be part of the interior arrangement, in particular not of the vehicle. The operation of the interior arrangement extends only up to the point of provision at the interface, but not to activities beyond the interface (evaluation by external evaluation entities).

The provision is therefore made or serves the purpose of an anamnesis and/or diagnosis of the occupant based on the anamnesis characteristic. This is made possible by the fact that the sensor signals and the variables derived from the sensor signals contain the anamnesis characteristics as information content, or the variable even explicitly represents them (the variable is optionally the anamnesis characteristic). A corresponding anamnesis (activity) carried out by evaluation instances then provides, in particular, an anamnesis value (result of the activity, also referred to as "anamnesis"), and a corresponding diagnosis (activity) provides, in particular, a diagnostic value (result of the activity, also referred to as "diagnosis") for the occupant.

The terminology will be explained using an example: For example, the anamnesis command consists of the inmate being asked to touch their nose with their index finger. The anamnesis action therefore consists in the inmate at least making an effort to "hit" their nose with their index finger. The anamnesis feature is then, for example, the trajectory/behavior of the index finger towards the nose or the point of impact of the index finger on the occupant, for example, whether it hits the nose precisely or misses by a greater or lesser distance. The sensor is then, for example, a camera, and the sensor signal is a video sequence of the occupant performing the corresponding movement. The video sequence thus contains the above-mentioned anamnesis feature as information content. The evaluation unit then assesses how well the inmate hit their nose, etc., as part of the medical history. A doctor as the evaluation unit can, for example, use this information to determine a medical diagnostic value for the inmate (here, their patient), i.e., make their "diagnosis." The diagnostic value could be, for example, the determination of a specific health impairment of the inmate regarding their coordination or the determination that the inmate is healthy in this respect.

The invention is based on the realization that persons/people in the form of occupants of a motor vehicle often regularly spend a lot of time, possibly several hours per day, in the motor vehicle, e.g. to commute between home and work.

The invention is based on the idea of using the appropriate time to collect anamnesis characteristics from the person and make them available for further evaluation (anamnesis, diagnostic procedures). This allows for a significantly longer period of time to generate anamnesis characteristics compared to, for example, a comparatively short stay with a doctor or in a medical examination center. This leads to an improved database for anamnesis/diagnoses. Subsequent anamnesis or diagnoses can thus be significantly improved because they are based on a broader data basis.

The interior layout can be used by all occupants of the vehicle, and the anamnesis commands can be directed to them. Priority is given to the driver.

The medical history command is particularly relevant for a hearing test, vision test, or reaction test that is to be conducted on the occupant in question. Such tests can subsequently be used to determine the driving ability of the occupant in question, especially the current driver of the vehicle. This particularly applies to aspects of "driving in old age."

Based on the medical history data (sensor signals) or the results of the above-mentioned tests, the vehicle can be adapted to the respective occupant. For example, the volume of announcements, the frequency of vehicle messages to the occupant, the font size of displays, autonomous driving settings, etc., can be adjusted depending on the medical history data/values, diagnostic values (see below), etc.

In a preferred embodiment, the interior arrangement contains an automatic anamnesis module. The anamnesis module is configured to determine at least one anamnesis value as at least one derived variable from at least one of the sensor signals. The determination can in particular also take place based on at least one diagnostic value (see below), if such a value is available in the interior arrangement, in particular in conjunction with the embodiment mentioned below. The anamnesis module thus performs a mechanical or automatic anamnesis based on the sensor signals and their information content. Additional data, in particular "patient data" of the occupant, can be incorporated here in any manner. Thus, not only the "raw" sensor signals, which may only implicitly contain anamnesis features, are available at the interface and also within the interior arrangement. Instead, actual anamnesis values, for example, concrete numerical values, are available, either to be provided externally or to be used internally in the interior arrangement. In other words, the interior arrangement also contains or represents an automatic anamnesis device.

In a preferred embodiment, the interior arrangement contains an automatic diagnostic module. This is configured to determine at least one diagnostic value as at least one derived variable from at least one of the sensor signals. The statements above regarding the anamnesis module also apply mutatis mutandis to the diagnostic module. The determination can, in particular, also take place on the basis of at least one of the anamnesis values, if such an anamnesis value is available in the interior arrangement, in particular in conjunction with the aforementioned embodiment. In other words, the interior arrangement thus also contains or represents an automatic diagnostic device.

In a preferred embodiment, the control module is configured to output at least one of the anamnesis commands depending on a previously determined anamnesis value and/or diagnostic value or other previously collected, imported data (see below, value/command input, memory, etc.). Both apply in each case in the event that a corresponding anamnesis value or diagnostic value or other data is actually present or available in the interior arrangement, in particular was previously generated and provided by the diagnostic module or the anamnesis module. In particular, the data used for this purpose is based on previously issued first anamnesis commands and the sensor signals recorded in response thereto.

Optionally, the control module is then also set up to generate the relevant anamnesis command depending on the anamnesis value / diagnostic value / other data / to select it from a pool.

In this way, anamnesis characteristics of the occupant can be queried or determined in a targeted manner, for example by successively issuing different anamnesis commands in the manner of a decision tree, each of which is based on the results of previous anamnesis commands.

In a preferred embodiment, the interior arrangement contains a value input and/or a memory, each for previously determined sensor signals and/or previously determined derived variables, but also for other aforementioned data that are useful in the context of collecting anamnesis characteristics. The sensor signals or derived variables can have been previously determined either externally (outside the interior arrangement) or internally (within the interior arrangement) (i.e. before being fed into the value input or stored in the memory). The data stored in the memory are, in particular, sensor signals and/or derived variables that were recorded with the same interior arrangement at an earlier point in time based on an anamnesis command and sensor signal. The sensor signals and/or derived variables in question are, in particular, those of the occupant or a comparison person.

In this embodiment, the interior arrangement alternatively or additionally contains a comparison module. This is configured to compare the currently determined sensor signal and/or the variable derived therefrom with a previously determined sensor signal and/or a previously derived variable. The latter sensor signal/variable is provided in particular at the value input or stored in memory. The comparison module is configured to determine a comparison result (of the current to the previously determined sensor signal/variable) as at least one of the derived variables. Thus, currently determined medical history characteristics can be compared with historical medical history characteristics of the same occupant or a comparison person, and comparison results can be determined and provided. Thus, a medical history or diagnostic history over a longer period of time can also be determined.

In particular, the comparison module contains artificial intelligence (Kl). The same applies to the control module if it is configured to generate anamnesis commands itself.

In a preferred embodiment, the interior arrangement contains a command input for a predefined medical history command. The control module is then configured to control at least one of the output modules so that it outputs the relevant medical history command to the waiting area. This opens up the possibility of outputting externally provided medical history commands to the occupant. These may originate, for example, from a human or automated doctor ("InternetDOC"). This allows for the occupant to determine medical history characteristics in a particularly targeted manner.

In a preferred embodiment, at least one of the output modules and/or at least one of the sensors is a vehicle component already present in the vehicle for a purpose other than collecting medical history characteristics. For example, the output module is a display or loudspeaker that is already installed in the vehicle to display vehicle information or play media content. An interior camera directed at the driver is also already provided, for example, to detect driver fatigue. According to the invention, such vehicle components can now be used with additional benefits or in a synergistic manner. The corresponding vehicle component is thus used more effectively in the vehicle.

In a preferred embodiment, at least one of the output modules is an acoustic and/or optical output module. Such output modules are, in particular, a sound generator, a loudspeaker, a display or other display element for text or symbols, a lighting element such as an LED, a head-up display, etc. Such elements are particularly suitable as output modules in the interior arrangement.

In a preferred embodiment, at least one of the sensors is at least one of the following elements: camera, microphone, body value sensor, or vehicle control element. Examples of body value sensors include electrodes, blood pressure cuffs, heart rate monitors, and wearables (portable data acquisition devices, e.g., in the form of a wristband). Vehicle control elements include, for example, the accelerator pedal, brake pedal, steering wheel, control knob/button in the vehicle, etc. Such elements are particularly suitable as sensors in the vehicle interior.

In a preferred embodiment, at least one of the sensor signals is a camera image captured from the occupied area, in particular a still image or a video sequence. Alternatively or additionally, the sensor signal is an audio signal, in particular a noise caused by the occupant or a spoken statement from the occupant. Alternatively or additionally, the sensor signal is a body value signal of the occupant, for example, their heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar level, skin resistance/skin moisture, a press of a control button, an operation on the accelerator or brake pedal, a steering movement, etc. Such sensor signals are particularly suitable for carrying medical history features as information content.

The object of the invention is also achieved by a method according to claim 11 for operating the interior arrangement according to the invention. In the method, the control module controls at least one of the output modules to output the anamnesis command to the occupied area. The at least one output module outputs the anamnesis command to the occupied area. The control module controls at least one of the sensors to detect the sensor signal from the occupied area or from the occupant there. The at least one sensor then detects the sensor signal from the occupied area. The control module provides at least one of the sensor signals and/or at least one variable derived from the sensor signals to the interface.

The method and at least some of its possible embodiments as well as the respective advantages have already been explained in connection with the interior arrangement according to the invention.

In a preferred embodiment, at least one of the output modules outputs the anamnesis command as an audio command, in particular a voice command or audio signal, e.g., a beep. The beep can be generated, for example, by a sound generator, and the voice command can be reproduced, for example, by a loudspeaker. Alternatively or additionally, it outputs the anamnesis command as a visual command, in particular as display content on a display, wherein the display content contains text and/or a symbol, by activating/illuminating/extinguishing a light element, such as an LED, etc.

In a preferred embodiment, at least one of the sensors records the sensor signal as an audio signal, for example in the form of a voice statement from the occupant or a sound caused by the occupant, for example knocking on an object, etc. Alternatively or additionally, the sensor records the sensor signal as a visual signal, in particular in the form of an image or a video sequence.

In a preferred embodiment, at least one of the output modules outputs the anamnesis command as a second anamnesis command. This occurs depending on at least one previously detected sensor signal. The sensor signal was in turn detected in response to a previously output first anamnesis command before the second anamnesis command was output. The anamnesis command is therefore based on the previously detected sensor signal or the value derived therefrom, or an anamnesis value or a previously performed anamnesis or a diagnostic value, i.e., a previously performed diagnosis, or other data, if available. In particular, the anamnesis/diagnostic value was generated internally by the aforementioned anamnesis module/diagnostic module in the interior arrangement. However, such data can also be supplied to the interior arrangement externally and, for example, generated by a human, such as a doctor. Or they can be generated by an automatic instance, such as an AI, an InternetDOC. In other words, all of the above information can be incorporated to base the second history command on a previous sensor signal, etc.

The invention is based on the following findings, observations, and considerations and also includes the following preferred embodiments. These embodiments are sometimes referred to as "the invention" for simplicity. The embodiments may also contain parts or combinations of the above-mentioned embodiments or correspond to them and/or may also include previously unmentioned embodiments.

The invention is based on the observation that more and more sensors are being integrated into today's vehicles, which usually serve to ensure driving and passenger safety (cameras, radar, lidar, microphones, etc.).

The invention is based on the consideration of what these sensors and their evaluation units can contribute to health. In most cases, the time spent in a vehicle (morning and evening) is longer than a doctor's visit, and this occurs almost daily. Furthermore, age-related illnesses are not always immediately recognizable.

The invention is also based on the following observations: Today, health data and health conditions/illnesses are recorded in various ways: self-diagnosis, diagnosis using the internet (Internet DOC), wearables, and doctor's visits. The invention is based on the insight that one thing these topics have in common is that the assessment time is rather short (with the exception of wearables), and the validity depends on the data basis or medical history.

The basic idea of the invention is that a guided (audio, display) medical history can be taken. For example, the driver can be prompted via voice output (IPA) to speak a sentence, cough, look into the camera, close their eyes, take a deep breath, smile, touch their nose with their index finger, etc. Furthermore, if an abnormality is detected, follow-up questions can be asked (sleep, appetite). Furthermore, an Internet DOC can be consulted for an initial diagnosis, which can conduct further questions (heart attack, malaise, chest pain, sweating, etc.). Using AI, the change in data over time can be compared with the driver's own and external data. Furthermore, operating activities (steering, braking, etc.) can be included. Data can also be used by third parties (insurance companies, institutes, pharmaceutical industry, etc.): for symptom identification, patient studies (including surveys), etc. Storing data on, for example, stroke, heart attack, epilepsy is useful for a treating physician.

According to the invention, the above-mentioned cameras are used in vehicles for occupant monitoring; algorithms determine the health data from the camera image (RGB, IR); software can perform voice/speech analysis; a combination of both systems is possible.

For example, the invention allows for early-stage diagnosis, analyzing Parkinson's patients. A camera records the slowed heart rate; on demand, it analyzes arm movement, facial expressions, and smiles; and a microphone repetition of a sentence—analyzes volume, tone, and pauses—on demand.

According to the invention, an arrangement is therefore provided for detecting and evaluating the mental and health status of persons in a motor vehicle.

• 1 eine Innenraumanordnung eines Kraftfahrzeuges,
• 2 einen Verfahrensablauf zum Betreiben der Innenraumanordnung aus 1.

Further features, effects, and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention and the accompanying figures. Each of these figures shows a schematic diagram:

• 1 an interior arrangement of a motor vehicle,
• 2 a procedure for operating the interior arrangement 1 .

1 shows a section of a motor vehicle 2, more precisely of its interior 4, namely an interior arrangement 6 of the motor vehicle 2. This contains a total of five lounge areas 8 for occupants 10 of the motor vehicle 2, of which 1 only one is shown as an example. The seating area 8 here is a seating area on a vehicle seat on which the relevant occupant 10 - in this case a person - sits when using the motor vehicle 2.

The interior arrangement 6 contains an output module 12, in this case a loudspeaker of the motor vehicle 2. The output module 12 serves to output a medical history command 14 to the lounge area 8 and thus to the occupant 10 located there. The medical history command 14 is a request to the occupant 10 in the lounge area 8 to perform a medical history action 18 correlated with a medical history feature 16. In the example, the medical history command 14 is a voice message with the content "Please touch your nose with your index finger." The medical history action 18 thus consists of the occupant 10 attempting to bring his index finger to his nose in order to touch it (not shown).

The anamnesis feature is 16 is the feature of how well the inmate 10 hits his nose with his index finger or how far away the finger hits the face of the inmate 10 from the tip of the nose (symbolized by arrows in the figure).

The interior arrangement 6 contains a sensor 20, in this case a camera directed at the occupied area 8 or occupant 10. This serves to capture a sensor signal 22, here in the form of a video sequence of the occupied area 8 and thus of the occupant 10 or the execution of the anamnesis action 18. Since the anamnesis action 18 is recorded or depicted in the sensor signal 22, i.e., the video sequence, the sensor signal 22 is correlated with the anamnesis feature 16. This is because the video sequence reveals how well the occupant 10 touches his nose with his index finger. In other words, the anamnesis feature 16 forms an information content of the sensor signal 22.

The interior arrangement 6 also contains an interface 24. This serves as an interface to an evaluation instance 26 which does not belong to the interior arrangement 6, in this case a doctor treating the occupant 10, who is therefore the doctor's patient.

The interior arrangement 6 further contains a control module 28. This is designed to control the output module 12 in such a way that it outputs the anamnesis command 14 to the lounge area 8 or occupant 10, in other words, plays back the voice message to the occupant 10.

Furthermore, the control module 28 is configured to control the sensor 20 such that it detects the sensor signal 22 from the occupied area 8, i.e., records a corresponding video sequence depicting the behavior of the occupant 10 in response to the anamnesis command 14. In the example, the occupant 10 actually performs the anamnesis action 18. The anamnesis feature 16 is therefore included as information content in the sensor signal 22.

The control module 28 is further configured to provide the sensor signal 22 to the interface 24. Thus, the evaluation entity 26, in the form of the physician, can retrieve, view, and evaluate the sensor signal 22 and, based on this, conduct a medical history or a diagnosis on the patient, in the form of the occupant 10. In the example, the physician arrives at a medical history value of "Patient can hit his nose" and a diagnosis of "Patient has unimpaired coordination."

• Um die abgeleitete Größe 30 zu erstellen, weist die Innenraumanordnung 6 ein automatisches Anamnesemodul 32 auf, welches eine automatische Anamnese am Sensorsignal 22 durchführt, um - wie der Arzt oben, nur automatisch anhand einer KI - einen Anamnesewert 34 als abgeleitete Größe 30 aus dem Sensorsignal 22 zu ermitteln. Das Steuermodul 28 stellt den Anamnesewert 34 dann als abgeleitete Größe 30 an der Schnittstelle 24 bereit.

The control module 28 is also configured to provide, in addition to the sensor signal 22, a variable 30 derived from the sensor signal 22 at the interface 24:

• To create the derived variable 30, the interior arrangement 6 has an automatic anamnesis module 32, which performs an automatic anamnesis on the sensor signal 22 in order to determine—like the doctor above, only automatically using AI—a history value 34 as a derived variable 30 from the sensor signal 22. The control module 28 then provides the history value 34 as a derived variable 30 at the interface 24.

The interior arrangement 6 also contains an automatic diagnostic module 36. This performs an automatic diagnosis on the sensor signal 22 and determines from it - like the doctor above, only automatically using an AI - a diagnostic value 38, also as a derived variable 30. This variable 30 is then also provided at the interface 24 by the control module 28.

The control module 28 is also configured to generate at least one further anamnesis command 14 depending on the anamnesis value 34 and diagnosis value 38 created previously as described above (before the renewed anamnesis command 14) and to output it to the lounge area 8. This serves to further diagnose inmate 10, in this case to determine whether inmate 10 has speech disorders despite unimpaired coordination. The anamnesis command 14 here is "Please repeat after me: Fischers Fritz fischt frische Fische." A microphone is used as sensor 20 to record the speech response of inmate 10 as an audio sequence in the form of sensor signal 22. Analogous to the above, an anamnesis and diagnosis are now carried out based on the anamnesis characteristic of how well inmate 10 repeated the sentence.

The interior arrangement 6 also contains a value input 40 and a memory 42. External data can be fed into the interior arrangement 6 via the value input 40, for example externally or previously recorded sensor signals 22, variables 30, anamnesis values 34, diagnostic values 38, etc. Corresponding variables can be stored in the memory 42 and kept for later use.

The interior arrangement 6 also contains a comparison module 44. This is configured to compare a currently determined sensor signal 22 or a correspondingly derived variable 30 with previously determined corresponding variables (sensor signal 22, variable 30, ...) and to determine a comparison result 46, which can then be provided as a derived variable 30 at the interface 24 by means of the control module 28. The comparison module 24 contains, in particular, artificial intelligence (AI) to perform the comparison. For example, deviations or temporal developments of anamnesis characteristics 16, variables 30, anamnesis values 34, and diagnostic values 38, etc., can be tracked over time by an evaluation instance 26.

The interior arrangement 6 also contains a command input 48. Via this input, an external anamnesis command 14, i.e., one determined, determined, or predefined outside the interior arrangement 6, can be input into the interior arrangement 6 and then output by the control module 28 to the lounge area 8 via the output module 12. Thus, it is possible for a doctor, for example, to transmit an anamnesis command 14 specifically to an occupant 10 as his patient within the scope of an anamnesis or diagnosis.

The output module 12, here the aforementioned loudspeaker, is a vehicle component already present in the motor vehicle 2 for a different purpose, namely, part of the vehicle's own audio system for media playback. Within the context of the interior arrangement 6, the corresponding loudspeaker is therefore merely shared and thus serves an additional purpose in addition to its previous media playback. Likewise, the sensor 20 is a vehicle component already present in the motor vehicle 2, namely, an interior camera aimed at the passenger compartment 8 for monitoring the driver's fatigue.

The output module 12, as a loudspeaker, is therefore an acoustic output module. Alternatively, an optical output module 12 could also be used, for example, in the form of a display on which the anamnesis command 14 can be read as a written sentence.

The sensor 20 is a camera with an integrated microphone to also record the voice responses of the occupant 10. Alternatively or additionally, the sensor 20 could also be a body value sensor, e.g., a heart rate monitor, or a control element of the motor vehicle 2, namely an accelerator pedal, brake pedal, steering wheel, or control button.

The sensor signal 22 is therefore a camera image captured from the area of use, here a video sequence as well as an audio signal recorded via the microphone and, in the above-mentioned alternative embodiment (heart rate monitor), a body value of the occupant, namely his heart rate.

2 illustrates an example of a method for operating the interior arrangement 6 from 1 In the method, in a step S1, the control module 28 controls the output module 12 so that it outputs the anamnesis command 14 to the location area 8. In a step S2, the output module 12 then outputs the anamnesis command 14 to the location area 8. Subsequently, in a step S3, the control module 28 controls the sensor 20 such that it detects the sensor signal 22 from the location area 8. In a step S4, the sensor 20 then detects the sensor signal 22 from the location area 8. In a step S5, the control module 28 provides the sensor signal 22 and the variable 30 derived as explained above to the interface 24. In step S2, the output module 12 outputs the anamnesis command 14 as an audio command, in this case a voice command. In step S4, the sensor 20 records the sensor signal 22 as a visual signal, namely a video sequence.

In a step S6, the output module 12 issues (by control via the control module 28) a further anamnesis command 14 (sentence to be repeated), which is carried out as a function of the sensor signal 22 previously recorded in step S4, the sensor signal 22 (video sequence) in step S4 being a reaction to the previously issued The first anamnesis command 14 was recorded in step S2 (index finger to the nose).

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• DE 10 2013 217 559 A1 [0002]

Claims (14)

Interior arrangement (6) for a motor vehicle (2), - with a seating area (8) for a respective occupant (10) of the motor vehicle (2), - with at least one output module (12) for outputting a medical history command (14) to the seating area (8), - wherein the medical history command (14) is a request to the occupant (10) in the seating area (8) to carry out a medical history action (18) correlated with a medical history feature (16), - with at least one sensor (20) for detecting a sensor signal (22) from the seating area (8) that is correlated with the medical history feature (16), - with an interface (24) to at least one evaluation instance (26), - with a control module (28) that is configured to: - control at least one of the output modules (12), to transmit the medical history command (14) to the seating area (8) to output, - to control at least one of the sensors (20), to detect the sensor signal (22) from the location area (8), - to provide at least one of the sensor signals (22) and/or at least one variable (30) derived from the sensor signals (22) to the evaluation instances (26) at the interface (24). Interior arrangement (6) according to Claim 1 , characterized in that the interior arrangement (6) contains an automatic anamnesis module (32) which is designed to determine at least one anamnesis value (34) as at least one derived variable (30) from at least one of the sensor signals (22). Interior arrangement (6) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the interior arrangement (6) contains an automatic diagnostic module (36) which is designed to determine at least one diagnostic value (38) as at least one derived variable (30) from at least one of the sensor signals (22). Interior arrangement (6) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control module (28) is designed to output at least one of the anamnesis commands (14) depending on a previously determined - if present - anamnesis value (34) and/or - if present - diagnostic value (38). Interior arrangement (6) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the interior arrangement (6) contains: - a value input (40) and/or a memory (42) for an already determined sensor signal (22) and/or a derived variable (30) of the occupant (10) or a comparison person, and/or - a comparison module (44) which is set up to compare the currently determined sensor signal (22) and/or the currently derived variable (30) with a previously determined sensor signal (22) and/or a previously derived variable (30) and to determine a comparison result (46) as at least one of the derived variables (30). Interior arrangement (6) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the interior arrangement (6) has a command input (48) for a predetermined anamnesis command (14), wherein the control module (28) is designed to control at least one of the output modules (12) to output this anamnesis command (14) to the lounge area (8). Interior arrangement (6) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one of the output modules (12) and/or at least one of the sensors (20) is a vehicle component already present in the motor vehicle (2) for another purpose. Interior arrangement (6) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one of the output modules (12) is an acoustic and/or an optical output module (12). Interior arrangement (6) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one of the sensors (20) is at least one of the elements: camera, microphone, body value sensor, operating element of the motor vehicle (2). Interior arrangement (6) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one of the sensor signals (22) is a camera image captured from the lounge area (8) and/or an audio signal and/or a body value signal of the occupant (10). Method for operating the interior arrangement (6) according to one of the preceding claims, in which: - the control module (28) controls at least one of the output modules (12) to output the anamnesis command (14) to the lounge area (8), - the at least one output module (12) outputs the anamnesis command (14) to the lounge area (8), - the control module (28) controls at least one of the sensors (20) to detect the sensor signal (22) from the location area (8), - the at least one sensor (20) detects the sensor signal (22) from the location area, - the control module (28) provides at least one of the sensor signals (22) and/or at least one variable (30) derived from the sensor signals (22) at the interface (24). Procedure according to Claim 11 , characterized in that at least one of the output modules (12) outputs the anamnesis command (14) as a sound command and / or visual command. Method according to one of the Claims 11 until 12 , characterized in that at least one of the sensors (20) records the sensor signal (22) as an audio signal and/or visual signal. Method according to one of the Claims 11 until 13 , characterized in that at least one of the output modules (12) outputs the anamnesis command (14) as a second anamnesis command (14) in response to at least one previously detected sensor signal (22), wherein the sensor signal (22) was detected in response to a previously output first anamnesis command (14).

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