Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driver fatigue warning system
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Application No.: US15611273Application Date: 2017-06-01
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Publication No.: US10467484B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Premchand Krishna Prasad
- Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited
- Applicant Address: BB
- Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Current Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: BB
- Agent Joseph V. Bonadies
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G06K9/00 ; B60W40/08 ; B60Q9/00 ; G01S13/86 ; G01S15/02 ; G01S17/02 ; G01S17/08 ; G01S15/08 ; G01S13/08 ; B60K28/06 ; B62D15/02 ; G08B21/06 ; G08G1/16 ; G01S13/93

Abstract:
A driver-fatigue warning system suitable for use in an automated vehicle includes a camera, an alert-device, and a controller. The camera renders an image of a lane-marking and of an object proximate to a host-vehicle. The alert-device is operable to alert an operator of the host-vehicle of driver-fatigue. The controller is in communication with the camera and the alert-device. The controller determines a vehicle-offset of the host-vehicle relative to the lane-marking based on the image. The controller determines an offset-position of the object relative to the lane-marking based on the image. The controller determines that a lane-departure has occurred when the vehicle-offset is less than a deviation-threshold. The controller does not count occurrences of lane-departures when the offset-position is less than an offset-threshold, and activates the alert-device when the count of the occurrences of lane-departures exceeds a crossing-threshold indicative of driver-fatigue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180349711A1 DRIVER FATIGUE WARNING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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