Future Wei Technologies, Inc.

Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Yuzhu Wu

Fatih Porikli

Hai Yu

Luis Bill

A computer-implemented method of detecting distracted driving comprises: determining, by one or more processors, a primary preview region (PPR) in a representation of an environment; determining, by the one or more processors, a gaze point for a driver based on a sequence of images of the driver; determining, by the one or more processors, that the gaze point is outside of the PPR; based on the determined gaze point being outside of the PPR, decreasing, by the one or more processors, an attention level for the PPR; based on the attention level for the PPR, generating, by the one or more processors, an alert.

Primary preview region and gaze based driver distraction detection

A system for determining distress of a driver of a vehicle is provided, comprising a plurality of sensors, including interior vehicle image sensors, an interior vehicle audio sensor, vehicle data sensors, and Global Positioning System (GPS) data sensors. The system also includes one or more processors configured to receive inputs from the plurality of sensors, and process the received inputs to obtain a driver heat change estimate, a driver expression estimate, a driver gesture estimate, an on-board diagnostics (OBD) estimate, and a GPS estimate. The one or more processors are further configured to store the estimates in a memory, use the stored estimates to generate deviation scores for each of the estimates, execute a machine learning algorithm to classify driver behavior as normal or impaired based on the deviation scores, and generate a warning based on the classification indicating impaired driver behavior.

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Yuzhu Wu