Method and system for assisting drivers to drive with precaution

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11351992
APP PUB NO 20190367016A1
SERIAL NO

16428127

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Described herein is a method and system for assisting a driver of a vehicle (1) to drive with precaution. Vehicle environment monitoring sensors (3a, 3b) determines other road users and particular features associated with a traffic situation of the vehicle (1) and hypotheses are applied related to hypothetical threats that may arise based thereupon. A driver level of attention, required to handle the hypothetical threats, and a time until that level will be required is estimated. A current driver level of attention is derived, from driver-monitoring sensors (4). If determined that the estimated required driver level of attention exceeds the current and the time until the estimated driver level of attention will be required is less than a threshold-time (tthres), there is produced at least one of visual (5), acoustic (6) and haptic (7) information to a vehicle driver environment, and/or triggered at least one of automated braking (8) and steering (9) of the vehicle (1).

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VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONASSAR GABRIELSSONS VAEG GÖTEBORG SE-405 31

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Backhouse, Andrew Gothenburg, SE 10 185
Brännström, Mattias Gothenburg, SE 10 11
Olsson, Claes Mölnlycke, SE 17 184
Trent, Victor Gothenburg, SE 1 4

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