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US 2021/0229672 A1Published application
Driver distraction detection
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorDavid Michael Herman
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Abstract
A location of a light source outside a field of view of a polarimetric image of a vehicle interior can be determined. Then, upon (a) determining, based on the polarimetric image, that the light source is other than vehicle lighting or an exterior source and (b) detecting a vehicle occupant, a vehicle actuator can be actuated based on a determined location of the light source.
Claims20
A system, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- determine location of a light source outside a field of view of a polarimetric image of a vehicle interior;
- and
- upon (a) determining, based on the polarimetric image, that the light source is other than vehicle lighting or an exterior source and (b) detecting a vehicle occupant, then
- ate a vehicle actuator based on a determined location of the light source.
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A method, comprising:
- determining location of a light source outside a field of view of a polarimetric image of a vehicle interior;
- and
- upon (a) determining, based on the polarimetric image, that the light source is other than vehicle lighting or an exterior source and (b) detecting a vehicle occupant, then actuating a vehicle actuator based on a determined location of the light source.
A system, comprising:
- means for determining location of a light source outside a field of view of a polarimetric image of a vehicle interior;
- and
- means for actuating a vehicle actuator based on a determined location of the light source, upon (a) determining, based on the polarimetric image, that the light source is other than vehicle lighting or an exterior source and (b) detecting a vehicle occupant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.