Vehicle operator monitoring system and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9773179
APP PUB NO 20160224852A1
SERIAL NO

15006763

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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.

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  • GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
De, La Torre Fernando Pittsburgh, US 14 155
Huang, Zehua Pittsburgh, US 65 386
Levi, Dan Kyriat Ono, IL 32 247
Nachtegall, Debbie E Rochester Hills, US 8 142
Vicente, Francisco Pittsburgh, US 1 6
Xiong, Xuehan Pittsburgh, US 23 313
Zhang, Wende Troy, US 143 3830

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