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Driving assistance systems and methods

  • US 10,210,761 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2014
  • Issued: 02/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for improving safety during operation of a passenger vehicle having rear and sideview mirrors and a passenger compartment configured to be occupied by drivers of the vehicle, the system comprising:

  • means for invoking a mirror optimizing capture mode while the rear and sideview mirrors are in current mirror settings, the invoking means being accessible by each driver of the vehicle when seated in a driver seat of the vehicle;

    a camera subsystem used by the mirror optimizing capture mode to identify positions of the head, eyes, and nostrils of each driver when seated in the driver seat;

    a subsystem of algorithms that computes driver “

    blind spots”

    of each driver when seated in the driver seat and determines optimum settings for the rear and sideview mirrors to reduce the driver “

    blind spots”

    of the driver seated in the driver seat; and

    means for automatically setting the rear and sideview mirrors in the optimum settings thereof;

    the subsystem of algorithms computing the driver “

    blind spots”

    based on the current mirror settings of the rear and sideview mirrors relative to the driver seated in the driver seat, internal factors comprising the height and body structure of the driver seated in the driver seat and the physical configuration of the passenger compartment of the vehicle, and external factors comprising the physical configuration of the vehicle including pillars of the vehicle.

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