US 11,951,832 B2
Driver assistance system
Dong Hyeon Woo, Daegu (KR); Kyeong Keun Kim, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Min Kyu Han, Yongin-Si (KR); and Da Som Yang, Cheonan-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/971,034.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0151425 (KR), filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0144205 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 28/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60K 28/02 (2013.01) [B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/182 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60T 2220/02 (2013.01); B60T 2220/04 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2510/083 (2013.01); B60W 2510/101 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driver assistance system for a vehicle, the driver assistance system comprising:
a vehicle sensor unit configured to detect driver state data;
a driver assistance unit operated to assist a driver when driver carelessness about vehicle driving is detected when the vehicle stops while traveling; and
a control unit configured to identify whether the driver is careless based on the driver state data when the vehicle stops while traveling, and to operate the driver assistance unit when the driver carelessness is detected, preventing the vehicle from driving,
wherein the control unit is further configured to classify the driver carelessness into a plurality of levels according to the driver state data, and
wherein the vehicle sensor unit includes:
a driver gaze sensor configured to detect a gaze of the driver;
a driver seat hydraulic pressure sensor configured to detect a seat hydraulic pressure of a driver seat; and
a brake pedal sensor configured to detect a pedal depression amount of a brake pedal.