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US 2014/0195120 A1Published application
Adaptive emergency brake and steer assist systems based on driver focus
AssigneeContinental Automotive Systems, Inc.
InventorsJeremy Jason McClain, Zachary Joseph Bolton
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Abstract
An automotive vehicle includes a driver analyzer and a driver assistance system, both of which are coupled to a controller. The controller includes a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions for causing the controller to determine a level of attentiveness of a driver of the automotive vehicle and to adapt a response of the driver assistance system in response to the determined level of attentiveness.
Claims19
An automotive vehicle comprising:
- a driver analyzer communicatively coupled to a controller;
- a driver assistance system communicatively coupled to the controller;
- and
- the controller including a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions for causing the controller to determine a level of attentiveness of a driver of the automotive vehicle and to adapt a response of the driver assistance system in response to the determined level of attentiveness.
1 more element
A method of controlling an automotive vehicle comprising:
- determining a level of a driver's attentiveness by interpreting data from a driver analyzer using a controller;
- and
- adjusting a response of a driver assistance system based at least partially on the driver's level of attentiveness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.