A driver state detection device (100) provided with a driver monitor camera configured to capture the face of a driver of a vehicle to generate a facial image of the driver and a control device (4). The control device (4) is configured to detect the facial orientation or the line-of-sight direction…
A technique is directed to methods and systems for detecting the presence of a machine operator. In some implementations, an operator presence system monitors a machine to determine whether an operator is present in an operating machine. The operator presence system collects input data from sensors…
A method for operating a vehicle includes continuously checking during a driving operation whether an emergency situation is present in the vehicle and, when an emergency situation is detected, initiating an emergency stopping maneuver for safely parking the vehicle, signalling the emergency…
A state of a driver is detected more quickly. A state detection device according to an embodiment is provided with a first solid-state imaging device () provided with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, the first solid-state imaging device that detects, according to a light amount incident…
Method for determining traffic density information to be taken into account in a function of a vehicle system, the traffic density information describing the traffic density in the vicinity of the motor vehicle (1) in a motor vehicle (1), whereby radar data describing objects (17) in the vicinity…
A driving characteristics diagnosis device, includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires information relating to the operational state of a vehicle; a dangerous driving detection processing unit that detects dangerous driving by a user of the vehicle on the basis of information acquired…
In a vehicle control device that is configured to be capable of switching from an automatic travel of the vehicle to manual travel by a driver, a manual driving adaptation degree of a driver during an automatic travel is calculated based on a driver state (S16), a notification timing is set such…
The present invention relates to a driving assistance device (10) for a motor vehicle adapted to cooperate with dangerous situation detection means (16a, 16b). The assistance device (10) is characterized in that the device comprises driving assistance glasses (12) worn by the driver of the vehicle…
The present invention relates to a driver drowsiness detection and alerting system comprising a plurality of marks in ring configuration around an exterior cylindrical surface of a vehicle's steering wheel column assembly, and an optical sensor assembly near the plurality of marks for detecting…
A vehicle driver assist arrangement (1) is provided comprising an output unit (2) and a vehicle driver attentiveness assessment arrangement (3) comprising a host vehicle lane position evaluation unit (5), a steering wheel torque detection unit (7), a pedal pressure detecting unit (9), and a…
The purpose of the invention is to improve the precision in detecting the driving instability. The driving state determination section 120 determines whether the state is a prescribed driving state by determining whether the information of the operation state of the driving operation unit and the…
Embodiments herein relate to an arrangement (1) and a method for safeguarding driver attentiveness to the task of steering while operating a vehicle having a lane keeping aid system. Means (102, IN1) are provided for measuring a pinion angle and a torsion bar torque when the lane keeping aid system…
A method and system for determining driving concentration which is capable of analyzing a driver's driving concentration on the basis of variation of a steering angle and driving status information of a vehicle acquired from a front camera sensor. The method includes storing output data of a…
A driving support equipment (2) for a vehicle (1) is provided, the equipment (2) characterized by a frontward information recognition unit (3) for recognizing environs information at the front of the vehicle (1); a preceding vehicle information detection unit (4) for detecting preceding vehicle…
The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the alertness of the driver (4) of a vehicle, comprising: - continuously detecting and evaluation of at least one physical parameter (PP) of the driver (4) while the vehicle is in motion, - transmitting a periodic audio signal (S) with a…
Disclosed herein are stability display apparatus and methods. One apparatus comprises driving state detection means adapted for detecting a driving state of a vehicle in operation; controller comprising an instability estimation means adapted for estimating an instability index indicating driving…
An inattention determination device (10) includes a sight direction detecting unit (23) that detects a sight direction of a driver, and an inattention determining unit (24) that measures an inattention continuation time from a time point when the sight direction is a predetermined inattention…
The method involves setting alertness potential on a starting value depending on an actuation of a control element (12) by a driver. The alertness potential is reduced with a setting velocity. The setting velocity is determined under consideration of the actual data of a sensor or other vehicle…
The present invention periodically performs an estimate calculation of a driver's degree of consciousness; and to that end it evaluates several physiological parameters (nodding, eyes shut, head position) to decide on the action on the vehicle according to the driver's condition. To that end it…
A driver state estimation device 1 includes a steering angle sensor 2 detecting a steering angle of a steering, a steering torque sensor 3 detecting steering torque applied to the steering, and an ECU 4 having a steering angle estimation unit 5 and a driver state estimation unit 6. The steering…
The method involves transferring the motor vehicle from a takeover condition to a safe condition. The driving interference or a request for driver assumption determines plan of action, which contains temporal operational sequence of control commands of vehicle systems. An independent claim is also…
When there is a preceding vehicle in a traveling direction of a subject vehicle, an ECU (100) computes a driver condition coefficient (K) that represents degree of change in the size of an image of the preceding vehicle as viewed from the driver is computed. The driving condition of the driver is…
A low-cost system for detecting a drowsy condition of a driver (18) of a vehicle (10) includes a video imaging camera (20) located in the vehicle (10) and oriented to generate images (30) of a driver (18) of the vehicle (10). The system also includes a processor (32) for processing the images (30)…
The assistance system (10) has sensors for detecting straying off track (20), probable collision hazard (24) and detecting the level of driver fatigue (16), i.e. drowsiness. A control unit (12) can initiate three levels of alarm, an optical alarm (28), an acoustic alarm (32) and an alarm by…