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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stefan Wolter, Aachen, DE;
Florian Golm, Herzogenrath, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); G08B 21/06 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/04 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G08B 21/06 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0863 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and control system for maintaining attentiveness of a driver of a vehicle during an autonomous control mode. A series of cognitively demanding tasks is presented to the driver via a man-machine interface during the autonomous control mode. Driver responses to the tasks are monitored, and an audible alert is provided to the driver if the response of the driver and/or a reaction time of the driver in making the response indicate an insufficient level of driver attentiveness.