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US 12,183,130 B2Granted
Trailer monitoring for detecting inattentive driving
AssigneeStoneridge, Inc.
InventorTroy Otis Cooprider
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Abstract
A method for detecting inattentive vehicle operation in a commercial vehicle includes monitoring a motion of a rear portion of a trailer and identifying a motion trend. The method compares the motion trend with a set of known inattentive driving trends and identifies an inattentive driving event when the identified trend matches a known inattentive driving trend in the set of known inattentive driving trends.
Claims16
A method for detecting inattentive vehicle operation in a commercial vehicle comprising:
- analyzing trailer monitoring data, which includes at least one of sensor data and image data, to detect a motion of a rear portion of a trailer and identify a motion trend in the trailer monitoring data;
- comparing the motion trend with a set of known inattentive driving trends;
- and
- identifying an inattentive driving event when the identified trend matches a known inattentive driving trend in the set of known inattentive driving trends;
- wherein the analyzing to detect and identify, the comparing, and the identifying are performed by an electronic control unit;
- and
- wherein the set of known inattentive driving trends includes at least one of the following inattentive driving trends:
- sinusoidal swaying of the rear portion of the trailer;
- abrupt motion of the rear portion of the trailer;
- and
- a lack of motion of the rear portion of the trailer as compared to one of a lane line and a road edge detection.
8 more elements
A commercial vehicle comprising:
- a tractor and at least one trailer;
- at least one first camera configured to capture images of a rear portion of the trailer;
- and
- an electronic control unit configured to:
- monitor a motion of the rear portion of the trailer in the images and identify a motion trend in response thereto;
- compare the motion trend with a set of known inattentive driving trends;
- and
- identify an inattentive driving event when the identified trend matches a known inattentive driving trend in the set of known inattentive driving trends;
- wherein the set of known inattentive driving trends includes at least one of the following inattentive driving trends:
- sinusoidal swaying of the rear portion of the trailer;
- abrupt motion of the rear portion of the trailer;
- and
- a lack of motion of the rear portion of the trailer as compared to one of a lane line and a road edge detection.
10 more elements
A system, comprising:
- at least one first camera configured to capture images of a rear portion of a trailer;
- and
- an electronic control unit configured to:
- monitor a motion of the rear portion of the trailer in the images and identify a motion trend in response thereto;
- compare the motion trend with a set of known inattentive driving trends;
- and
- identify an inattentive driving event when the identified trend matches a known inattentive driving trend in the set of known inattentive driving trends;
- wherein the set of known inattentive driving trends includes at least one of the following inattentive driving trends:
- sinusoidal swaying of the rear portion of the trailer;
- abrupt motion of the rear portion of the trailer;
- and
- a lack of motion of the rear portion of the trailer as compared to one of a lane line and a road edge detection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.