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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Galia Weidl, Boeblingen, DE;
Ralf Herrtwich, Kleinmachnow, DE;
Michael Schrauf, Esslingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/18 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00845 (2013.01); A61B 5/02416 (2013.01); A61B 5/18 (2013.01); G06K 9/00832 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0872 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and device for monitoring at least one vehicle passenger in a vehicle involves capturing images of the vehicle passenger using an image capturing unit and analyzing the captured images using an image processing unit. At least one vital sign of the vehicle passenger is determined by the image analysis of the captured images, which can be used to operate at least one assistance device of a vehicle.