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US 12,589,750 B2Granted
Vehicular control system
AssigneeMagna Electronics Inc.
InventorShrestha Priya
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Abstract
A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior portion of an interior cabin of a vehicle. The camera views a head region of a driver and a head region of a passenger of the vehicle. Image data captured by the camera is transferred to an ECU and processed to determine a driver profile associated with the driver and a passenger profile associated with the passenger. A first accessory of the vehicle is operable in a driver-setting and in a passenger-setting. The respective driver-setting and passenger-setting of the first accessory of the vehicle is set based on respective stored settings of the first accessory that correspond to the determined driver profile and the determined passenger profile.
Claims28
A vehicular driver monitoring system, the vehicular driver monitoring system comprising:
- a camera disposed at an interior portion of an interior cabin of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular driver monitoring system, wherein the camera views at least (i) a head region of a driver of the vehicle and (ii) a head region of a passenger of the vehicle;
- wherein the camera comprises a CMOS imaging array having at least one million photosensors arranged in rows and columns;
- an electronic control unit (ECU);
- wherein image data captured by the camera is transferred to the ECU;
- wherein the ECU comprises electronic circuitry and associated software, and wherein the electronic circuitry comprises an image processor operable to process image data transferred to the ECU, and wherein the ECU processes image data transferred to the ECU to determine (i) a driver profile associated with the driver and (ii) a passenger profile associated with the passenger;
- wherein a first accessory of the vehicle is operable in a driver-setting and in a passenger-setting;
- wherein, based on the determined driver profile, the driver-setting of the first accessory of the vehicle is set based on a stored setting of the first accessory that corresponds to the determined driver profile;
- wherein, based on the determined passenger profile, the passenger-setting of the first accessory of the vehicle is set based on a stored setting of the first accessory that corresponds to the determined passenger profile;
- wherein a plurality of stored settings of the first accessory respectively correspond to the determined driver profile and the determined passenger profile, and wherein the driver-setting of the first accessory of the vehicle is set based on a selected one of the plurality of stored settings of the first accessory that corresponds to the determined driver profile, and wherein the passenger-setting of the first accessory of the vehicle is set based on a selected one of the plurality of stored settings of the first accessory that corresponds to the determined passenger profile;
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- wherein the selected one of the plurality of stored settings that respectively corresponds to the determined driver profile and the determined passenger profile is selected based on a user input.
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A vehicular driver monitoring system, the vehicular driver monitoring system comprising:
- a camera disposed at an interior portion of an interior cabin of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular driver monitoring system, wherein the camera views at least (i) a head region of a driver of the vehicle and (ii) a head region of a passenger of the vehicle;
- wherein the camera comprises a CMOS imaging array having at least one million photosensors arranged in rows and columns;
- an electronic control unit (ECU);
- wherein image data captured by the camera is transferred to the ECU;
- wherein the ECU comprises electronic circuitry and associated software, and wherein the electronic circuitry comprises an image processor operable to process image data transferred to the ECU, and wherein the ECU processes image data transferred to the ECU to determine (i) a driver profile associated with the driver and (ii) a passenger profile associated with the passenger;
- wherein a first accessory of the vehicle is operable in a driver-setting and in a passenger-setting;
- wherein, based on the determined driver profile, the driver-setting of the first accessory of the vehicle is set based on a stored setting of the first accessory that corresponds to the determined driver profile;
- wherein, based on the determined passenger profile, the passenger-setting of the first accessory of the vehicle is set based on a stored setting of the first accessory that corresponds to the determined passenger profile;
- wherein based on the determined driver profile and the determined passenger profile, a setting of a second accessory of the vehicle is set based on one selected from the group consisting of (i) a stored setting of the second accessory that corresponds to the determined driver profile and (ii) a stored setting of the second accessory that corresponds to the determined passenger profile;
- wherein the stored settings of the first accessory and the second accessory that correspond to the determined driver profile and the stored settings of the first accessory and the second accessory that correspond to the determined passenger profile are stored in memory as part of respective vehicle settings configurations that correspond to the respective determined profiles, and wherein the vehicle settings configurations each comprise a plurality of stored settings of a plurality of respective accessories of the vehicle;
- wherein a plurality of stored settings of the first accessory respectively correspond to the determined driver profile and the determined passenger profile, and wherein the driver-setting of the first accessory of the vehicle is set based on a selected one of the plurality of stored settings of the first accessory that corresponds to the determined driver profile, and wherein the passenger-setting of the first accessory of the vehicle is set based on a selected one of the plurality of stored settings of the first accessory that corresponds to the determined passenger profile;
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- wherein the selected one of the plurality of stored settings that respectively corresponds to the determined driver profile and the determined passenger profile is selected based on a user input.
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A vehicular driver monitoring system, the vehicular driver monitoring system comprising:
- a camera disposed at an interior portion of an interior cabin of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular driver monitoring system, wherein the camera views at least (i) a head region of a driver of the vehicle and (ii) a head region of a passenger of the vehicle;
- wherein the camera comprises a CMOS imaging array having at least one million photosensors arranged in rows and columns;
- an electronic control unit (ECU);
- wherein image data captured by the camera is transferred to the ECU;
- wherein the ECU comprises electronic circuitry and associated software, and wherein the electronic circuitry comprises an image processor operable to process image data transferred to the ECU, and wherein the ECU processes image data transferred to the ECU to determine (i) a driver profile associated with the driver and (ii) a passenger profile associated with the passenger;
- wherein a first accessory of the vehicle is operable in a driver-setting and in a passenger-setting, and wherein the first accessory comprises a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the vehicle;
- wherein, based on the determined driver profile, the driver-setting of the HVAC system is set based on a stored setting of the HVAC system that corresponds to the determined driver profile;
- wherein, based on the determined passenger profile, the passenger-setting of the HVAC system is set based on a stored setting of the HVAC system that corresponds to the determined passenger profile;
- wherein based on the determined driver profile and the determined passenger profile, a setting of a second accessory of the vehicle is set based on one selected from the group consisting of (i) a stored setting of the second accessory that corresponds to the determined driver profile and (ii) a stored setting of the second accessory that corresponds to the determined passenger profile;
- wherein a plurality of stored settings of the second accessory respectively correspond to the determined driver profile and the determined passenger profile, and wherein one selected from the group consisting of (i) the setting of the second accessory of the vehicle is set based on a selected one of the plurality of stored settings of the second accessory that corresponds to the determined driver profile and (ii) the setting of the second accessory of the vehicle is set based on a selected one of the plurality of stored settings of the second accessory that corresponds to the determined passenger profile;
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- wherein the selected one of the plurality of stored settings that respectively corresponds to the determined driver profile and the determined passenger profile is selected based on a user input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.