Device for estimating the alertness of a driver
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsStefan Poppe, Bjoern Frank
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Abstract
A system and method for estimating the alertness of the driver in a moving vehicle is disclosed. A display instrument is switched over in order to display a message relating to the movement of the vehicle. An eye movement of the driver in reaction to the switch-over is detected. The driver's alertness is assessed on the basis of the detected eye movement.
Claims18
1-14. (canceled)
A device for estimating the alertness of a driver in a moving vehicle comprising:
- a driver unit operably coupled to a display instrument and configured to switch over the display instrument in response to a message relating to the movement of the vehicle;
- and
- an evaluation unit configured to assess the alertness of the driver on the basis of an eye movement of a driver's eyes in response to the switch-over.
A computer program product comprising an instruction set which when executed on a computer enable to execute a method for estimating the alertness of a driver in a moving vehicle comprising:
- switching over a display instrument in order to display a message relating to the movement of the vehicle;
- detecting an eye movement of a driver in reaction to the switching over the display instrument;
- and
- assessing the alertness on the basis of the detected eye movement.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising an instruction set for enabling a computer to execute a method for estimating the alertness of a driver in a moving vehicle comprising:
- switching over a display instrument in order to display a message relating to the movement of the vehicle;
- detecting an eye movement of a driver in reaction to the switching over the display instrument;
- and
- assessing the alertness on the basis of the detected eye movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.