Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for estimating the alertness of a driver
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Application No.: US14493135Application Date: 2014-09-22
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Publication No.: US09858489B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Stefan Poppe , Bjoern Frank
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Lorenz & Kopf, LLP
- Priority: DE202013008392U 20130921
- Main IPC: A61B5/18
- IPC: A61B5/18 ; B60K28/06 ; G08C21/00 ; G06K9/00 ; G08B21/06 ; B60W40/08

Abstract:
A system and method for estimating the alertness of the driver in a moving vehicle is disclosed. A display instrument is switched over in order to display a message relating to the movement of the vehicle. An eye movement of the driver in reaction to the switch-over is detected. The driver's alertness is assessed on the basis of the detected eye movement.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150085124A1 DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING THE ALERTNESS OF A DRIVER Public/Granted day:2015-03-26
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