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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2021
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Dae Yun An, Anyang-si, KR;
Gyun Ha Kim, Incheon, KR;
Eung Hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sang Kyung Seo, Seoul, KR;
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 60/0057 (2020.02); G06F 3/015 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0872 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/221 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for detecting an attention level of a driver are provided. The apparatus includes an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor that measures ECG of a driver and a controller that calculates a standard deviation of NN interval (SDNN) quantifying an attention level of the driver using the ECG measured by the ECG sensor and detects the attention level of the driver based on the calculated SDNN.