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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:
Oct. 22, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2022
Applicant:

Smartdrive Systems, Inc., Westlake, TX (US);

Inventors:

Juan Carlos Mauricia, San Diego, CA (US);

Daniel Andrew Deninger, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Reza Ghanbari, San Diego, CA (US);

Mark Freitas, San Diego, CA (US);

Jeffrey Griswold, San Diego, CA (US);

David Forney, La Jolla, CA (US);

Nicholas Shayne Brookins, Encinitas, CA (US);

Jason Palmer, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Assignee:

SmartDrive Systems, Inc., Westlake, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0088 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2552/00 (2020.02); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2556/00 (2020.02); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for verifying whether vehicle operators are paying attention are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: generate output signals conveying information related to a first vehicle operator; make a first type of determination of at least one of an object on which attention of the first vehicle operator is focused and/or a direction in which attention of the first vehicle operator is focused; make a second type of determination regarding fatigue of the first vehicle operator; make a third type of determination of at least one of a distraction level of the first vehicle operator and/or a fatigue level of the first vehicle operator; and effectuate a notification regarding the third type of determination to at least one of the first vehicle operator and/or a remote computing server.


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