Occupant awareness monitoring for autonomous vehicles
US10717443B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 22, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60Y2302/05
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for monitoring awareness of a vehicle occupant. An approach may involve connecting, by the vehicle, to a wireless device of the vehicle occupant, receiving, by the vehicle, a signal from the wireless device indicative of activity of the vehicle occupant and processing the signal to determine a level of awareness of the vehicle occupant, determining whether the level of awareness of the vehicle occupant satisfies a threshold, and generating, by the vehicle, an alert based upon whether the level of awareness of the vehicle occupant satisfies the threshold.
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