| US 7,592,920 B2 | ||
| Systems and methods for evaluating driver attentiveness for collision avoidance | ||
| Matthias Kopf, Munich (Germany); and Nima Farid, Munich (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 09, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/704,261. | ||
| Application 11/704261 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2005/008655, filed on Aug. 09, 2005. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10 2004 039 305 (DE), filed on Aug. 12, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0146146 A1, Jun. 28, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G08B 23/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—576 [340/575; 340/425.5; 701/1; 701/2; 701/300] | 21 Claims |
| 1. An electronic control device for evaluating driver attentiveness in a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having a collision
avoidance system, the electronic device comprising:
an allocation unit that evaluates defined first input data to recognize a driving situation among a plurality of defined driving
situations; and
a driver monitoring unit operatively coupled to the allocation unit, the driver monitoring unit evaluating defined second
input data to assess a degree of situation-adapted attentiveness based on the recognized driving situation,
wherein the degree of situation-adapted attentiveness is expressed as a likelihood with which a driver has introduced the
driving situation intentionally, based on the situation-adapted attentiveness adapted to the driving situation in the immediate
past,
wherein at least one functional unit of the collision avoidance system is controlled by the electronic control device as a
function of the assessed degree of situation-adapted attentiveness.
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