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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Cheol Han Kim, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Cheol Han Kim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C009/00 ; G06F015/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining a head position of a vehicle driver that has non-limiting advantages of enhanced accuracy and/or precision without excessive increase of manufacturing cost of the vehicle. A vehicle is provided with at least one of a left rearview mirror and a right rearview mirror, a head position of a vehicle driver may be determined on the basis of at least one of vertical and horizontal inclination angles of the at least one rearview mirror.