US 12,384,401 B2
Vehicular driving assist system with driver monitoring
Gaurav S. Kulkarni, Pune (IN)
Assigned to Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/459,498.
Application 18/459,498 is a continuation of application No. 18/061,496, filed on Dec. 5, 2022, granted, now 11,745,755.
Application 18/061,496 is a continuation of application No. 17/450,721, filed on Oct. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,518,401, issued on Dec. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,372, filed on Oct. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406342 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/107 (2022.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02)] 69 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular driving assist system, the vehicular driving assist system comprising:
a forward-viewing camera disposed at a windshield of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular driving assist system, the forward-viewing camera viewing forward of the equipped vehicle through the windshield of the equipped vehicle;
wherein the forward-viewing camera comprises a CMOS imaging array having at least one million photosensors arranged in rows and columns;
wherein the forward-viewing camera is operable to capture image data;
an in-cabin camera located in an interior cabin of the equipped vehicle;
wherein the in-cabin camera views at least a steering wheel of the equipped vehicle;
wherein the in-cabin camera is operable to capture image data;
wherein the in-cabin camera comprises a CMOS imaging array having at least one million photosensors arranged in rows and columns;
an electronic control unit (ECU) comprising electronic circuitry and associated software;
wherein image data captured by the forward-viewing camera is transferred from the forward-viewing camera to the ECU and is processed at the ECU to determine a hazardous condition ahead of the equipped vehicle; and
wherein processing by the vehicular driving assist system of image data captured by the in-cabin camera determines that at least one hand of a driver of the equipped vehicle is not on the steering wheel of the equipped vehicle when the equipped vehicle is approaching the hazardous condition.