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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaus-Peter Kuhn, Plüderhausen, DE;
Jochen Strenkert, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Daimler Benz Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/300 ;
Abstract
A method for assessing actuations of the accelerator by a vehicle driver to detect the nervousness of the driver, the cumulative path covered by the accelerator, in terms of amount, being evaluated within a predefined time window when the change in velocity is less than a predetermined threshold value and/or the change in position of the accelerator is less than a predetermined threshold value within this time window. Furthermore, alternatively and/or additionally, the number of reversals of the algebraic sign of the time derivation of the accelerator position can be taken into account.