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7616125 |
Alertness monitor
An alertness monitoring system uses reflectance measurement of infrared light pulses to monitor eye movement of a vehicle or machine operator. The data is used to measure eye and eyelid movement...
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7609168 |
Method for detecting characteristic movements of a vehicle driver for the purpose of diagnosing a lowering of vigilance by said driver
A method for detecting characteristic movements of a vehicle driver for diagnosing a lowering of vigilance by the driver. In a preliminary phase, the surface of the seat base and of the backrest of...
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7605694 |
Steering wheel assembly for a motor vehicle
A steering wheel assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a steering wheel, a steering wheel rim of the steering wheel at least partially rotating about a steering axis about...
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7604168 |
Apparatus for transmitting/receiving destination wake-up information through communication satellite network
An apparatus for transmitting/receiving destination wake-up information through communication satellite network is disclosed. The apparatus includes: an input/output unit for receiving ticketing...
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7592920 |
Systems and methods for evaluating driver attentiveness for collision avoidance
Systems and method for evaluating driver attentiveness are provided. An allocation unit evaluates defined first input data to recognize a specific driving situation among a plurality of defined...
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7551093 |
Method and device for warning a driver
A method and a device for warning a driver, the magnitude of the generated warning signal being a function of the probability of the driver inattentiveness.
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7545279 |
Condition-analyzing device
A condition analysis apparatus capable of grasping the condition of an object easily and accurately is provided. The condition analysis apparatus 1 includes a three-dimensional sensor 10 for...
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7532964 |
Driver seat system and awakening device
There are provided a monitor for monitoring a human condition of a driver, and an awakening device for awakening a driver, which starts operation when received a predictive signal for fall-asleep...
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7528731 |
System and method for mitigating drive distraction and/or drowsiness by illuminated windshield wiper
A system for mitigating driver distraction and/or drowsiness for a vehicle having a steering wheel and windshield comprises an arm that is adapted for attachment to the vehicle so that the arm is...
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7528730 |
Active lane assistant
In a method for monitoring the condition of a vehicle driver, the markings ( 3 ) of the lane in which the vehicle is moving are detected and a direction of travel which the vehicle has to follow in...
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7526333 |
Sound reproduction system and method based on physical and mental states of a drive
One of the objects of the present invention is to provide an system which can detects degradation in a driving mental state of a driver, that is, sleepiness, fatigue, fret, and so on during driving...
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7525449 |
Status light for switch on boat steering wheel
According to a first broad aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method and system for indicating a status of a subsystem controlled by a switch provided on a steering wheel of a...
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7522062 |
Anti-snore bedding having adjustable portions
An adjustable bed includes a stationary frame, a first head deck mattress support member supported by the frame, a second seat deck mattress support member supported by the frame and pivotally...
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7522035 |
Enhanced bedside sound monitoring and alarm response method, system and device
Home safety and security are provided using a bedside unit to monitor audible safety and security alarms and send notification signals to the appropriate communication site. A home security system...
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7515054 |
Biosensors, communicators, and controllers monitoring eye movement and methods for using them
Biosensor, communicator, and/or controller apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for monitoring movement of a person's eye. The apparatus includes a device configured to be worn on a user's...
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7508307 |
Home health and medical monitoring method and service
A health monitoring method and system utilizes a bedside device to monitor breathing patterns and other health measuring signals and communicates these patterns and signals to a medical monitoring...
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7482938 |
Vehicle-occupant's status detecting device
A vehicle-occupant's status detecting device is provided in a vehicle and includes a running-supporting device for supporting driving operations of a vehicle-occupant in the vehicle while the...
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7482911 |
Process for the output of information in a vehicle
In the case of a process for the output of information in a vehicle, an information source is used for the output of information which is generated as a function of the driver's behavior. The...
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7479892 |
Detection of unintended lane departures
A method and a system for automatically detecting unintended lane departures of vehicles are described. A lane departure warning system comprises a lane departure recognition unit ( 10 ), an alarm...
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7477144 |
Breathing sound monitoring and alarm response method, system and device
Home safety and security are provided using a bedside sound monitoring unit including a microphone, microprocessor, memory and a communications port. The unit utilizes a sound monitoring program...
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7463157 |
Method and system for recognizing driver impairment
A method and system for recognizing and/or detecting impairment and/or inattention of a person, especially a driver of a vehicle, and especially caused by drowsiness, distraction and/or workload,...
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7460899 |
Apparatus and method for monitoring heart rate variability
A wrist-worn or arm band worn heart rate variability monitor is provided. Heart rate variability (“HRV”) refers to the variability of the time interval between heartbeats and is a reflection of...
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7456727 |
System and method for enhanced alertness and efficient distributed management for video surveillance
A system is provided for testing and enhancing the alertness of operators who monitor video surveillance imagery. Alertness is tested by displaying any of a variety of visual elements on top of or...
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7435227 |
Method and apparatus for generating an indication of a level of vigilance of an individual
A method and apparatus are disclosed for generating an indication of a level of vigilance of an individual using a gaze acquisition unit providing a gaze data stream of at least one eye of the...
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7427924 |
System and method for monitoring driver fatigue
A method and apparatus for monitoring driver fatigue in a vehicle having a steering control includes connecting a sensor with respect to the steering control and a controller with respect to the...
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7409279 |
Lane departure prevention apparatus
A lane departure prevention apparatus is configured to avoid lane departure even when the driver is not focused on driving operations, in a state in which the system-operating switch is OFF. The...
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7397382 |
Drowsiness detecting apparatus and method
A drowsiness detecting apparatus has a pulse wave sensor and a determination circuit. The sensor is provided to a steering wheel to detect a pulse wave of a vehicle driver gripping the steering...
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7394393 |
Adaptive driver workload estimator
A method for adaptive driver workload estimation. A subjective assessment of a driver workload is received from a vehicle driver. A stream of sensor input data is collected from one or more sensors...
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7391330 |
Remote controlled awakening device
A remote controlled vibratory and auditory awakening device comprising a plurality of parallelepiped pads, vibratory media within each pad, auditory emission mechanism communicating with each pad,...
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7391304 |
Driving operation support system and method
In deviation prevention support ECU 10 in driving operation support system 1 , an applied torque by steering torque applier 17 is set based on a vehicle speed of a vehicle. The applied torque...
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7362231 |
Hand pressure sensor warning device
An ergonomic lightweight hand pressure sensor-warning device for use with hand held objects like sport devices, steering devices, writing devices or computer devices, as well as the method for its...
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7321311 |
Steering handle for motor vehicles and method for recording a physical parameter on a steering handle
Steering handle, in particular steering wheel, for motor vehicles, on which means are provided for recognition of a contact between at least one hand of the vehicle driver and the steering handle...
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7317386 |
Method and apparatus for the output of music information to an operator
Music information is output to an operator, such as a vehicle operator, through the use of a portable electronic device. The operator's behavior may be determined on the basis of data received from...
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7317385 |
In-vehicle animation bypass system and method
A system and method for bypassing an animation sequence of a vehicle display system may comprise starting an animation sequence at an in-vehicle display, interrupting the animation sequence in...
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7312724 |
In-vehicle application selecting system and in-vehicle application selecting device
Providing a technique in which a picked-up image is given to an appropriate in-vehicle device or application and this device or application is then operated so that a variety of in-vehicle...
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7304580 |
Intelligent medical vigilance system
An intelligent medical vigilance system that observes and analyzes, and, only in the event of a clinically significant negative condition, notifies and reports the event to the care staff utilizing...
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7301465 |
Drowsy driving alarm system
A drowsy driving alarm system includes a monitoring mechanism with a camera and an indicator mechanism carrying drowsy driving software and a processor to process data received from the camera...
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7301464 |
Process and method for safer vehicle navigation through facial gesture recognition and operator condition monitoring
A vehicle operator condition monitoring system is provided. In one embodiment, the vehicle condition monitoring system includes a physical condition monitoring unit such as a camera, a data...
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7295123 |
Method for detecting a person in a space
A method for detecting a person in a space includes at least one depth sensor producing spatial data about the space to be monitored, at least one sub-model, which is sub-dividable into further...
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7283056 |
Method and computer program for identification of inattentiveness by the driver of a vehicle
In a method and a computer program for identification when the driver of a vehicle is inattentive, a steering action following a steering quiescent phase is observed, in addition to the steering...
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7280046 |
Steering system with haptic driver warning
A steering column assembly ( 18 ) of the type for controlling one or more steerable wheels in a motor vehicle includes a steering wheel ( 14 ) interface secured to the free end of a steering column...
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7280041 |
Method of communicating and disclosing feelings of mobile terminal user and communication system thereof
The present invention provides a method of communicating and disclosing feelings of a mobile terminal user and communication system thereof, by which a user's feeling state can be delivered to a...
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7269493 |
Lane departure prevention apparatus
A lane departure prevention apparatus is provided to improve safety while preventing lane departure. The lane departure prevention apparatus determines whether or not the driver is holding the...
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7258441 |
Eye activity monitoring apparatus and system
The present eye activity monitoring system includes a monitoring apparatus for acquiring the eye image of a user in a closed eye state and an image-processing apparatus for generating an alarm...
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7254439 |
Method and system for contactless evaluation of fatigue of an operator
The invention relates to a method and device for contactless assessment of fatigue of a user, in particular a vehicle operator. The invention is comprised of a seamless continuous evaluation of...
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7253739 |
System and method for determining eye closure state
A system and method are provided for monitoring an eye to determine eye closure. The system includes a video imaging camera oriented to generate images of an eye. The system also includes a video...
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7253738 |
System and method of detecting eye closure based on edge lines
A system and method are provided for monitoring an eye to determine eye closure. The system includes a video imaging camera oriented to generate images of an eye, and a video processor for...
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7248915 |
Natural alarm clock
A mobile terminal is presented, having capability to determine when a user should be stimulated toward an awake state. The terminal includes a receiver for receiving a sleep descriptor signal...
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7227463 |
Alarm systems, alarm system operating methods, and alarm extension devices
An alarm extension device includes a retainer configured to receive a personal paging device, a vibration sensor in operative association with the retainer, an auxiliary alarm generator, and a link...
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7222690 |
Awakening degree determining system
When a variation amount of a driving operation falls outside of a determining reference, a determining system determines that an awakening degree of a driver is decreased. The determining system...
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