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Machine learning approach for detecting mobile phone usage by a driver

US9721173B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 2014
Grant dateAug 1, 2017
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/464
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for detecting electronic device use by a driver of a vehicle including acquiring an image including a vehicle from an associated image capture device positioned to view oncoming traffic, locating a windshield region of the vehicle in the captured image, processing pixels of the windshield region of the image for computing a feature vector describing the windshield region of the vehicle, applying the feature vector to a classifier for classifying the image into respective classes including at least classes for candidate electronic device use and candidate electronic device non-use, and outputting the classification.

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