METHOD OF MAINTAINING A FAVORABLE EMOTIONAL STATE OF A RIDER OF A VEHICLE BY A NEURAL NETWORK TO CLASSIFY EMOTIONAL STATE INDICATIVE WEARABLE SENSOR DATA

A method of maintaining a favorable emotional state of a rider of a vehicle. The method includes: receiving emotional state indicative wearable sensor data of the rider in the vehicle; classifying, at a rider emotional state determining neural network, the emotional state indicative wearable sensor data and generating output data indicative of a classification of the rider emotional state as one of a favorable emotional state of the rider or an unfavorable emotional state of the rider; converting the output data from the rider emotional state determining neural network into a vehicle operational state datum; and adjusting a vehicle operating parameter in response to the vehicle operational state datum.