Method and apparatus for early detection of dynamic attentive states for providing an inattentive warning

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9824286
APP PUB NO 20160171322A1
SERIAL NO

15052211

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A method and apparatus for determining an inattentive state of an operator of a vehicle and for providing information to the operator of the vehicle by obtaining face images of the operator of the vehicle, obtaining images of an environment of the vehicle, determining one or more areas of interest in the environment of the vehicle based on the images of the environment, obtaining, from a relevance and priority database, relevance and priority values corresponding to the one or more areas of interest, determining a probability of attention of the operator of the vehicle to the one or more areas of interest based on the images of the environment and the relevance and priority values, determining an attention deficiency based on the determined probability of attention and the face images, and providing the information to the operator of the vehicle based on the determined attention deficiency.

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  • CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY;TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Backs, Richard W Mount Pleasant, US 3 48
Gunaratne, Pujitha Windsor, CA 18 661

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