Device and method for detecting stress level of driver
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsGyun Ha KIM, Eung Hwan KIM, Sang Kyung SEO, Dae Yun AN
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Abstract
A device and a method for detecting a stress level of a driver are provided. The device includes an electrocardiogram sensor for measuring an electrocardiogram of the driver using electrodes arranged on a steering wheel of a vehicle, and a controller that monitors the electrocardiogram of the driver, determines an invalid section in the electrocardiogram based on a shape of the electrocardiogram, and compensates for an electrocardiogram in the determined invalid section.
Claims20
A device for detecting a stress level of a driver, the device comprising:
- an electrocardiogram sensor configured to measure an electrocardiogram of the driver using electrodes arranged on a steering wheel of a vehicle;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- monitor the electrocardiogram of the driver;
- determine an invalid section in the electrocardiogram based on a shape of the electrocardiogram;
- and
- compensate for an electrocardiogram in the determined invalid section.
A method for detecting a stress level of a driver, the method comprising:
- measuring, by an electrocardiogram sensor, an electrocardiogram of the driver using electrodes arranged on a steering wheel of a vehicle;
- monitoring, by a controller, the electrocardiogram of the driver;
- determining, by the controller, an invalid section in the electrocardiogram based on a shape of the electrocardiogram;
- and
- compensating, by the controller, for an electrocardiogram in the determined invalid section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.