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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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