優步申請新專利 可檢測乘客是否醉酒

Uber has submitted a patent for a feature that uses artificial intelligence to detect if its customers are drunk, simply by the way they use their smartphone.
近日，優步公司提交了一項專利申請，該專利的功能僅僅是通過使用者使用智慧手機的方式，採用人工智慧手段來檢測客戶是否喝醉。

The 'Predicting User State Using Machine Learning' patent aims to identify people in an "abnormal state" from factors including number of typos made, walking speed, and who precisely a customer clicks on buttons and links on their phones.
這項“評估使用手機時使用者的狀態”的專利，旨在通過包括拼寫錯誤的量、行走速度以及介面互動行為等因素，來識別這些處於“異常狀態”的人。

"The user behaviour may be compared against the user's prior behaviour to determine differences in the user behaviour for this request and normal behaviour of prior requests," the patent states.
該專利申明：“通過將使用者行為與使用者先前的行為進行比較，我們會評估使用者在使用手機叫車時與正常狀態下的差異。”

"The system can alter the parameters of a service based on the prediction about the state of the user requesting the service."
“系統可以根據請求服務的使用者狀態對服務進行調整。”

This means that Uber drivers could theoretically refuse to accept passengers deemed to be in an inebriated state.
這就意味著，優步司機理論上可以拒絕接受這些被視為處於醉酒狀態的乘客。