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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Matthias Roland Kaufmann, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Felix Schwarz, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); B60K 31/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); B60K 31/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); B60K 2370/149 (2019.05); B60K 2370/21 (2019.05); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining a viewing direction of a person, such as a driver in a motor vehicle, is provided. The method includes detecting a surface contour of a surface of an eye of the person, ascertaining a normal vector on the surface of the eye depending on the detected surface contour, and determining the viewing direction of the person depending on the normal vector.