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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Igor Berezhnyy, Eindhoven, NL;
Gary Nelson Garcia Molina, Madison, WI (US);
Mirela Alina Weffers-Albu, Boukoul, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to system for determining a movement of a control device and a system for detecting drowsiness of a driver of a vehicle, as well as an according processing unit used for this purpose and an according method. The system () for determining a movement comprises a plurality of light sensors (), a processing unit () and an interface (), wherein the light sensors (-) are able to transmit light intensity information to the processing unit () and the latter is able to provide information to a user. Further, the processing unit () is able to determine the movement of the control device based on the light intensity information submitted by the light sensors (-).