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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2022
Applicant:
Renault S.a.s, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Inventors:
Jean-Francois Forzy, St Remy les Chevreuse, FR;
Sabine Langlois, Paris, FR;
Michel Leherichon, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
AMPERE S.A.S., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/59 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/597 (2022.01);
Abstract
A method for determining a distraction level of a driver of a vehicle includes acquiring the direction of the gaze of the driver and maintaining or incrementing or decrementing a counter assessing the distraction level as a function of the acquired direction. The method also includes acquiring an offset level of an item of equipment of the vehicle relative to a reference direction, and at least one feature of the counter is determined as a function of the offset level.