Apparatuses, systems and methods for determining whether a vehicle system is distracting to a vehicle operator
First Claim
1. A device for determining whether a vehicle system causes vehicle operator distractions by tracking vehicle occupant postures using image recognition, the device comprising:
- at least one vehicle interior sensor for acquiring at least one image sequence of at least one vehicle occupant;
a memory for storing the vehicle interior data, vehicle occupant posture data relating to the vehicle interior data, a vehicle interior data receiving module, a three-dimensional coordinate spatial location extraction module, a vehicle system operation data receiving module, a skeletal pose data generation module, and a vehicle system distraction determination module; and
a processor that is configured to determine whether a vehicle system causes vehicle operator distractions by;
receiving vehicle interior data from the at least one vehicle interior sensor in response to the processor executing the vehicle interior data receiving module, wherein the vehicle interior data is representative of whether a vehicle system causes a vehicle operator distraction;
creating a vehicle occupant posture record for the at least one vehicle occupant comprising the vehicle interior data of the at least one vehicle occupant;
extracting three-dimensional coordinate spatial locations of at least one joint location of the at least one vehicle occupant from the vehicle interior data in response to the processor executing the three-dimensional coordinate spatial location extraction module, wherein the three-dimensional coordinate spatial locations of at least one joint location of the at least one vehicle occupant are stored in the vehicle occupant posture record as vehicle occupant posture data relating to the vehicle interior data;
receiving vehicle system operation data from a vehicle system in response to the processor executing the vehicle system operation data receiving module, wherein the vehicle system operation data is representative of whether a vehicle system causes a vehicle operator distraction;
determining whether a vehicle system causes a vehicle operator distraction based on the vehicle interior data and the vehicle system operation data in response to the processor executing the vehicle system distraction determination module; and
automatically updating the vehicle occupant posture record with the vehicle posture data, wherein the vehicle occupant posture record is representative of a first posture of the at least one vehicle occupant that corresponds to a range of movement of a posture that the at least one vehicle occupant was oriented for a longest period of total time over at least two occurrences within a predetermined period of time.
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for generating data representative of vehicle operator distractions. More particularly, apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for generating data representative of a vehicle operator distractions based on vehicle interior image data and vehicle system operation data. The vehicle interior data may be representative of a three-dimensional coordinate spatial location of at least one joint of a vehicle occupant. The three-dimensional coordinate spatial location of the at least one joint of the vehicle occupant may be tracked over time. The vehicle system operation data may be representative of whether a vehicle system causes a vehicle operator distraction.
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20 Claims
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1. A device for determining whether a vehicle system causes vehicle operator distractions by tracking vehicle occupant postures using image recognition, the device comprising:
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at least one vehicle interior sensor for acquiring at least one image sequence of at least one vehicle occupant; a memory for storing the vehicle interior data, vehicle occupant posture data relating to the vehicle interior data, a vehicle interior data receiving module, a three-dimensional coordinate spatial location extraction module, a vehicle system operation data receiving module, a skeletal pose data generation module, and a vehicle system distraction determination module; and a processor that is configured to determine whether a vehicle system causes vehicle operator distractions by; receiving vehicle interior data from the at least one vehicle interior sensor in response to the processor executing the vehicle interior data receiving module, wherein the vehicle interior data is representative of whether a vehicle system causes a vehicle operator distraction; creating a vehicle occupant posture record for the at least one vehicle occupant comprising the vehicle interior data of the at least one vehicle occupant; extracting three-dimensional coordinate spatial locations of at least one joint location of the at least one vehicle occupant from the vehicle interior data in response to the processor executing the three-dimensional coordinate spatial location extraction module, wherein the three-dimensional coordinate spatial locations of at least one joint location of the at least one vehicle occupant are stored in the vehicle occupant posture record as vehicle occupant posture data relating to the vehicle interior data; receiving vehicle system operation data from a vehicle system in response to the processor executing the vehicle system operation data receiving module, wherein the vehicle system operation data is representative of whether a vehicle system causes a vehicle operator distraction; determining whether a vehicle system causes a vehicle operator distraction based on the vehicle interior data and the vehicle system operation data in response to the processor executing the vehicle system distraction determination module; and automatically updating the vehicle occupant posture record with the vehicle posture data, wherein the vehicle occupant posture record is representative of a first posture of the at least one vehicle occupant that corresponds to a range of movement of a posture that the at least one vehicle occupant was oriented for a longest period of total time over at least two occurrences within a predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method for determining whether a vehicle system causes vehicle operator distraction by tracking vehicle occupant postures using image recognition, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a processor, vehicle interior data from at least one vehicle interior sensor, wherein the vehicle interior data is representative of a series of three-dimensional coordinate spatial locations of at least one joint location of a vehicle occupant; creating a vehicle occupant posture record for the at least one vehicle occupant comprising the vehicle interior data of the at least one vehicle occupant; extracting three-dimensional coordinate spatial locations of at least one joint location of the at least one vehicle occupant from the vehicle interior data in response to the processor executing a three-dimensional coordinate spatial location extraction module, wherein the three-dimensional coordinate spatial locations of at least one joint location of the at least one vehicle occupant are stored in the vehicle occupant posture record as vehicle occupant posture data relating to the vehicle interior data; receiving, at the processor, vehicle system operation data from a vehicle system, wherein the vehicle system operation data is representative of whether a vehicle system causes a vehicle operator distraction; recognizing and tracking, using a processor, postures of the at least one vehicle occupant in the image sequence as vehicle occupant posture data by processing the three-dimensional coordinate spatial locations of at least one joint location of the at least one vehicle occupant in response to the processor executing a skeletal pose data generation module and adding the vehicle occupant posture data to the vehicle occupant posture record; determining, using the processor, whether the vehicle system causes a vehicle operator distraction based on the vehicle interior data and the vehicle system operation data in response to the processor executing the vehicle system distraction determination module; and automatically updating the vehicle occupant posture record with the vehicle posture data, wherein the vehicle occupant posture record is representative of a first posture of the at least one vehicle occupant that corresponds to a range of movement of a posture that the at least one vehicle occupant was oriented for a longest period of total time over at least two occurrences within a predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to determine whether a vehicle system causes vehicle operator distractions by tracking vehicle occupant postures using image recognition, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
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vehicle interior data, vehicle occupant posture data relating to the vehicle interior data, a vehicle interior data receiving module, a vehicle system operation data receiving module, a skeletal pose data generation module, and a vehicle system distraction determination module; and a processor that is configured to determine whether a vehicle system causes vehicle operator distractions by; receiving vehicle interior data from at least one vehicle interior sensor in response to the processor executing the vehicle interior data receiving module, wherein the vehicle interior data is representative of whether a vehicle system causes a vehicle operator distraction; creating a vehicle occupant posture record for the at least one vehicle occupant comprising the vehicle interior data of the at least one vehicle occupant; extracting three-dimensional coordinate spatial locations of at least one joint location of the at least one vehicle occupant from the vehicle interior data in response to the processor executing a three-dimensional coordinate spatial location extraction module, wherein the three-dimensional coordinate spatial locations of at least one joint location of the at least one vehicle occupant are stored in the vehicle occupant posture record as vehicle occupant posture data relating to the vehicle interior data; receiving vehicle system operation data from a vehicle system in response to the processor executing the vehicle system operation data receiving module, wherein the vehicle system operation data is representative of whether a vehicle system causes a vehicle operator distraction; determining whether a vehicle system causes a vehicle operator distraction based on the vehicle interior data and the vehicle system operation data in response to the processor executing the vehicle system distraction determination module; and automatically updating the vehicle occupant posture record with the vehicle posture data, wherein the vehicle occupant posture record is representative of a first posture of the at least one vehicle occupant that corresponds to a range of movement of a posture that the at least one vehicle occupant was oriented for a longest period of total time over at least two occurrences within a predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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