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US08981942B2 System and method to monitor and reduce vehicle operator impairment
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监控和减少车辆操作人员损害的系统和方法
- Patent Title: System and method to monitor and reduce vehicle operator impairment
- Patent Title (中): 监控和减少车辆操作人员损害的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13717506Application Date: 2012-12-17
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Publication No.: US08981942B2Publication Date: 2015-03-17
- Inventor: Jibo He , Brian M. Fields , Steve Roberson , Steve Cielocha , Jufeng Peng , Julian Coltea
- Applicant: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Bloomington
- Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Current Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Bloomington
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Agent Randall G. Rueth
- Main IPC: G08B23/00
- IPC: G08B23/00 ; G08B21/02 ; B60Q9/00 ; B60K28/06 ; B60W40/08 ; G06Q40/08 ; G07C5/00

Abstract:
The method, system, and computer-readable medium facilitates monitoring a vehicle operator, the environment ahead of the vehicle, and/or forces acting on the vehicle during the course of vehicle operation to determine whether the vehicle operator is impaired (e.g., distracted, drowsy, intoxicated), alerting the vehicle operator when impairment is detected, and log data relating to vehicle operator impairment for further analysis. The method, system, and computer-readable medium may monitor the vehicle operator, the environment ahead of the vehicle, and/or forces acting on the vehicle using either or both of optical sensors or accelerometers. In particular, one optical sensor may monitor the vehicle operator to detect eye blinks, head nods, head rotations, and/or gaze fixation. Another optical sensor may monitor the road ahead of the vehicle to detect lane deviation, lane centering, and time to collision. The accelerometers may detect acceleration in the direction of vehicle travel and/or lateral acceleration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140167967A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MONITOR AND REDUCE VEHICLE OPERATOR IMPAIRMENT Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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