US 11,745,653 B2
Apparatus and method for driver distraction warning
Young Min Jang, Yongin-si (KR); and Tae Yoon Son, Anyang-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/363,456.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0080608 (KR), filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0402923 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/19 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06F 18/25 (2023.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01)
CPC B60Q 9/00 (2013.01) [G06F 18/25 (2023.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/19 (2022.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for a driver distraction warning, the apparatus comprising:
an input unit configured to receive visual field-related information, driving environment information, and driving-related information;
a memory configured to store a warning providing program for a driver's distraction situation using the visual field-related information, the driving environment information, and the driving-related information; and
a processor configured to execute the warning providing program,
wherein the processor is configured to change warning determination parameters for driver distraction and provide a warning alarm about the driver distraction, and
wherein the processor is configured to use the visual field-related information, the driving environment information, and the driving-related information to determine a forward gaze area, and adaptively change the warning determination parameters that define a distraction warning timing and a distraction level change timing according to changes in viewing angle which are calculated in consideration of a pupil size change characteristic and a vehicle speed.