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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Gary Steven Strumolo, Canton, MI (US);
Reates Curry, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mike Blommer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Radhakrishnan Swaminathan, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to monitor an activity level of a driver are disclosed. An example method includes receiving, at a processor, eye movement data from a sensor monitoring eye movements of a driver of a vehicle. The method includes calculating, via the processor, an eye movement activity index using a substantially real-time recursive analysis of the eye movement data. The method further includes calculating, via the processor, a low activity indicator for the driver based on the eye movement activity index. The method also includes executing a task based on the low activity indicator.