Apparatus and method for tracking driver attentiveness using vector
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsDong Hee Seok, Seok Beom Lee
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for tracking driver attentiveness using a vector are provided. The apparatus includes an imaging device that detects a driver's attentiveness and a controller that is configured to set an initial attentiveness area of the driver based on a motion of the driver's attentiveness detected by the imaging device. In addition, the controller is configured to set a current attentiveness area of the driver by calculating a vector value based on a change of the driver's attentiveness and set an inflection point based on the current attentiveness area.
Claims13
An apparatus for tracking driver attentiveness using a vector, comprising:
- an imaging device configured to detect a driver's attentiveness;
- a controller having processor coupled to the network interfaces and adapted to execute one or more processes;
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- a memory configured to store a process executable by the processor, the process when executed operable to:
- set an initial attentiveness area of the driver based on a motion of the driver's attentiveness detected by the imaging device;
- set a current attentiveness area of the driver by calculating a vector value based on a change of the driver's attentiveness;
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- set an inflection point based on the current attentiveness area.
A method for tracking driver attentiveness using a vector, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a controller, image data for a driver's attentiveness detected by an imaging device in real time;
- setting, by the controller, an initial attentiveness area of a driver based on a motion of the driver's attentiveness by analyzing the image data;
- calculating, by the controller, a vector value based on a change of the driver's attentiveness;
- setting, by the controller, a current attentiveness area of the driver using the calculated vector value;
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- setting, by the controller, an inflection point based on the set current attentiveness area.
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:
- program instructions that receive image data for a driver's attentiveness detected by an imaging device in real time;
- program instructions that set an initial attentiveness area of a driver based on a motion of the driver's attentiveness by analyzing the image data;
- program instructions that calculate a vector value based on a change of the driver's attentiveness;
- program instructions that set a current attentiveness area of the driver using the calculated vector value;
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- program instructions that set an inflection point based on the set current attentiveness area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.