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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Francisco Vicente, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Zehua Huang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Xuehan Xiong, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Fernando De La Torre, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Wende Zhang, Troy, MI (US);
Dan Levi, Kyriat Ono, IL;
Debbie E. Nachtegall, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for monitoring a vehicle operator can be executed by a controller and includes the following steps: (a) receiving image data of a vehicle operator's head; (b) tracking facial feature points of the vehicle operator based on the image data; (c) creating a 3D model of the vehicle operator's head based on the facial feature points in order to determine a 3D position of the vehicle operator's head; (d) determining a gaze direction of the vehicle operator based on a position of the facial feature points and the 3D model of the vehicle operator's head; (e) determining a gaze vector based on the gaze direction and the 3D position of the vehicle operator's head; and (f) commanding an indicator to activate when the gaze vector is outside a predetermined parameter.