US 12,246,669 B2
Method for combating drowsiness of a driver of a motor vehicle and electronic computing device
Andreas Meier, Schöningen (DE)
Assigned to Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/327,730.
Claims priority of application No. 102022205571.3 (DE), filed on Jun. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391284 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/01566 (2014.10) [B60Q 9/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for combating drowsiness of a driver of a motor vehicle, comprising:
determining a fatigue class representing a fatigue level of the driver, wherein the fatigue class is determined based on at least one evaluation criterion;
selecting at least one countermeasure for the determined fatigue class using an assignment rule in which different fatigue classes are assigned respective countermeasures; and
triggering the at least one selected countermeasure.