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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2022
Applicant:

Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, BB;

Inventors:

Yang Yang, Troy, MI (US);

Douglas L. Welk, Rossville, IN (US);

Assignee:

Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, BB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); G08B 21/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); G08B 21/06 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02);
Abstract

The techniques of this disclosure relate to a driver-monitoring system. The system includes a controller circuit that receives monitoring data from a driver-monitor sensor that is configured to monitor a driver of a vehicle while the vehicle operates in an autonomous-driving mode. The controller circuit determines a score of one or more driver-supervisory metrics based on the monitoring data, each of the driver-supervisory metrics being indicative of whether the driver is supervising the operation of the vehicle. The controller circuit determines a supervision score based on the score of the driver-supervisory metrics. The supervision score is indicative of whether the driver is ready to resume control of the vehicle. The controller circuit indicates a driver-awareness status on a display in a field of view of the driver based on the supervision score. The system can improve vehicle safety by alerting the driver when the driver exhibits reduced driver awareness behavior.


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