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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Nico Bogner, Hankensbuettel, DE;
Inventor:
Nico Bogner, Hankensbuettel, DE;
Assignee:
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 28/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 28/06 (2013.01); B60W 2540/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method for detecting driver fatigue in a vehicle having a memory device in which a fatigue model is stored, a sensor which detects at least one activity of the driver, and a sensor which detects the ambient brightness, the activity information is analyzed in the fatigue model and the brightness information is used for weighting the model.