Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for monitoring vehicle operation
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Application No.: US17278264Application Date: 2019-08-22
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Publication No.: US11420637B2Publication Date: 2022-08-23
- Inventor: Andrew Fairgrieve , Paul King , Rebecca Matthias , John Simlett , Nicolas Iacovou
- Applicant: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Coventry
- Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
- Current Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Coventry
- Agency: Reising Ethington P.C.
- Priority: GB1815230 20180919
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/072523 WO 20190822
- International Announcement: WO2020/057895 WO 20200326
- Main IPC: B60W40/08
- IPC: B60W40/08 ; B60W60/00 ; B60W50/16 ; G06V20/59 ; B60W50/14

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a vehicle, the vehicle (800) being operable in an at least partly autonomous mode and a manual mode, the control system comprising input means (291, 292) for receiving a gaze signal (211) indicative of a direction of a gaze of an occupant of the vehicle (800), and a contact signal (212) indicative of physical contact between the occupant and a control of the vehicle, control means (250, 260, 270, 280, 290) configured to determine an estimate of the occupant's attention to a driving task in the at least partly autonomous mode in dependence on the gaze signal (211) and to determine when the occupant is at least partly obscured relative to the at least one imaging means (150, 220), wherein the control means (250, 260, 270, 280, 290) is configured to determine the estimate of the occupant's attention to the driving task in dependence on the contact signal when it is determined that the occupant is at least partly obscured.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210354703A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VEHICLE OPERATION Public/Granted day:2021-11-18
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