Driver monitoring system with lane detection
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorJoshua D. Lintz
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Abstract
A driver monitoring system for a vehicle includes a communication module, and at least one imager module in operable communication with to the communication module that is configured to capture a lane position of the associated vehicle and a driver's behavior. A processor receives the captured lane position and the captured driver's location from the at least one imager module. A memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to monitor the captured lane position and the captured driver's behavior for a sign of low alertness of the driver and generate an alert with the communications module upon detecting the sign of low alertness.
Claims20
A driver monitoring system for a vehicle comprising:
- a communication module including a display;
- at least one imager module in operable communication with the communication module and configured to capture a lane position of an associated vehicle, a lane marker, and a driver's behavior;
- a processor receiving the captured lane position and the captured driver's behavior from the at least one imager module;
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- a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- characterize the lane marker as a passing lane marker or a non-passing lane marker;
- simultaneously monitor the captured lane position and the captured driver's behavior for a sign of low alertness of the driver including if the driver is looking at the display;
- and
- generate one of a plurality of different alerts upon detecting the sign of low alertness, each alert in the plurality of different alerts associated with severity of the sign of low alertness and if the driver is looking at the display.
A driver monitoring system for a vehicle comprising:
- a communication module including a display;
- a first imager module configured to capture a driver's behavior;
- a second imager module configured to capture a lane position of an associated vehicle;
- a processor receiving the captured lane position and the captured driver's behavior from the first and second imager modules;
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- a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- simultaneously monitor the captured lane position and the captured driver's behavior for a sign of low alertness of the driver including if the driver is looking at the display;
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- generate one of a plurality of different alerts upon detecting the sign of low alertness, each alert in the plurality of different alerts associated with severity of the sign of low alertness and if the driver is looking at the display.
A driver monitoring system for a vehicle comprising:
- a communication module including a display and an electro-optic assembly switchable between a first state wherein the display is not visible and a transmissive state wherein the display is visible;
- at least one imager module in operable communication with the communication module and configured to capture a lane position of an associated vehicle and a driver's behavior;
- a light source configured to generate an illumination within an infrared spectrum directed towards the driver that is captured by the at least one imager module;
- a processor receiving the captured lane position and the captured driver's behavior from the at least one imager module;
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- a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- simultaneously monitor the captured lane position and the captured driver's behavior for a sign of low alertness of the driver including if the driver is looking at the display;
- generate a first alert upon detecting the sign of low alertness of the captured driver's behavior, and generate a second alert that is different than the first alert upon detecting a sign of low alertness in the captured lane position;
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- wherein at least one of the first alert and the second alert are a visual alert and the control system is configured to switch the electro-optic assembly to the transmissive state and generate the visual alert on the display if the driver is looking at the display and an audible alert if the driver is looking away from the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.