A driver attentiveness detection device and method using at least one digital camera device (2) and a control unit (5). The camera device (2) is arranged to detect eye configurations of a vehicle driver (4). The control unit (5) compares the detected eye configurations with previously stored models of eye configuration samples (13, 14, 15, 16) which are indicative of eyes that look inside or outside a predetermined field of view (6). The control unit (5) further determines whether the detected eye configurations are looking inside or outside the predetermined field of view from the comparison, and is also arranged to indicate when the vehicle driver (4) has been determined to be looking outside the predetermined field of view (6) to a predetermined extent.
Driver attentiveness detection method and device
05.12.2017
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / A61B DIAGNOSIS , Diagnostik / G08B SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS , Signalisier- oder Rufsysteme / G06K Erkennen von Daten , RECOGNITION OF DATA |