Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Kevin Wegienka

Shane Elwart

Aaron Lewis Mills

Bo Wu

Nitendra Nath

Xingping Chen

Ryan Sorsby

Justin Teems

A determination that a driver of a vehicle is directed to a non on-road zone based on at least one of a head pose or an eye gaze of a driver. Based on the non on-road zone, a probability is determined that the driver does not transition from the non on-road zone to an on-road zone based on the non on-road zone. The probability is adjusted when the driver is directed to the non on-road zone for a time period that exceeds a predetermined time threshold. A warning is generated within the vehicle based on the adjusted probability.

Driver awareness detection system

A computer for a vehicle is described. The computer includes a processor and memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The instructions include, to: determine a trigger to initiate a highway assist mode; based on the determined trigger, determine vehicle-location data; and based on the data, inhibit initiation of the mode.

Inhibiting highway assist mode

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