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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Oliver Heim, Wuerzburg, DE;
Charbel Assaf, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/08 (2012.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/08 (2013.01); G06K 9/00845 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2540/30 (2013.01); B60W 2710/30 (2013.01); B60W 2900/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting the alertness of a vehicle driver includes the detection of a potentially dangerous situation by a system of the vehicle; the estimation of a visual observation field of the vehicle driver; and the detection of the alertness of the vehicle driver by comparing an orientation or a position of the potentially dangerous situation to the visual observation field of the vehicle driver.