Method and device for detecting the drowsiness state of drivers of moving objects
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring the drowsiness of drivers of moving objects, such as vehicles, aeroplanes, trains, and ships. According to said method, several physiological measurement variables such as e.g. blinking frequency, eyelid pulse frequency, yawning frequency or the state of face muscle relaxation are combined into a summation signal with a differentiated weighting, said signal constituting a final state signal, which indicates the drowsiness with the logic states 0 (zero/e.g. no drowsiness established) or 1 (one/e.g. drowsiness established).
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122 Claims
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30. A method for monitoring a drowsiness state of operators of moving objects, such as vehicles, airplanes, trains, and ships, comprising:
combining a plurality of physiological measured variables, including at least eyelid blinking frequency and eyelid pulse-duty ratio, to form a differently weighted composite signal, which, by states of logic 0 or logic 1, then indicates the drowsiness state as an end-status signal. - View Dependent Claims (37, 42, 43, 44, 59, 60, 69, 71)
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31. A method for monitoring a drowsiness state of operators of moving objects, such as vehicles, airplanes, trains, and ships, comprising:
combining a plurality of physiological measured variables, including at least eyelid blinking frequency and yawning frequency, to form a differently weighted composite signal, which, by states of logic 0 or logic 1, then indicates the drowsiness state as an end-status signal. - View Dependent Claims (39, 62, 73, 79, 84, 89, 112)
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32. A method for monitoring a drowsiness state of operators of moving objects, such as vehicles, airplanes, trains, and ships, comprising:
combining a plurality of physiological measured variables, including at least an eyelid blinking frequency and a state of facial-muscle relaxation, to form a differently weighted composite signal, which, by states of logic 0 or logic 1, then indicates the drowsiness state as an end-status signal. - View Dependent Claims (36, 40, 41, 66, 68, 77, 80, 85, 90, 113)
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33. A method for monitoring the drowsiness state of operators of moving objects, such as vehicles, airplanes, trains, and ships, comprising:
combining a plurality of physiological measured variables, including at least eyelid pulse-duty ratio and yawning frequency, to form a differently weighted composite signal, which, by states of logic 0 or logic 1, then indicates the drowsiness state as an end-status signal. - View Dependent Claims (38, 63, 70, 74, 81, 86, 91, 114)
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34. A method for monitoring the drowsiness state of operators of moving objects, such as vehicles, airplanes, trains, and ships, comprising:
combining a plurality of physiological measured variables, including at least eyelid pulse-duty ratio and state of facial-muscle relaxation, to form a differently weighted composite signal, which, by states of logic 0 or logic 1, then indicates the drowsiness state as an end-status signal. - View Dependent Claims (61, 64, 72, 75, 82, 87, 92, 115)
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35. A method for monitoring the drowsiness state of operators of moving objects, such as vehicles, airplanes, trains, and ships, comprising:
combining a plurality of physiological measured variables, including at least yawning frequency and state of facial-muscle relaxation, to form a differently weighted composite signal, which, by states of logic 0 or logic 1, then indicates the drowsiness state as an end-status signal. - View Dependent Claims (65, 67, 76, 78, 83, 88, 93, 116)
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45. A device for monitoring the drowsiness state of operators of moving objects, such as vehicles, airplanes, trains, and ships, comprising:
a differently weighted composite signal being formed by combining a plurality of physiological measured variables, including at least eyelid blinking frequency and eyelid pulse-duty ratio, which, by states of logic 0 and/or logic 1 then indicates the drowsiness state as end-status signal. - View Dependent Claims (52, 56, 57, 58, 94, 117)
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46. A device for monitoring the drowsiness state of operators of moving objects, such as vehicles, airplanes, trains, and ships, comprising:
a differently weighted composite signal being formed by combining a plurality of physiological measured variables, including at least eyelid blinking frequency and the yawning frequency, which, by states of logic 0 and/or logic 1 then indicates the drowsiness state as end-status signal. - View Dependent Claims (54, 96, 102, 107, 118)
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47. A device for monitoring the drowsiness state of operators of moving objects, such as vehicles, airplanes, trains, and ships, comprising:
a differently weighted composite signal being formed by combining a plurality of physiological measured variables, including at least eyelid blinking frequency and the state of facial-muscle relaxation, which, by states of logic 0 and/or logic 1 then indicates the drowsiness state as end-status signal. - View Dependent Claims (51, 55, 100, 103, 108, 119)
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48. A device for monitoring the drowsiness state of operators of moving objects, such as vehicles, airplanes, trains, and ships, comprising:
a differently weighted composite signal being formed by combining a plurality of physiological measured variables, including at least eyelid pulse-duty ratio and the yawning frequency, which, by states of logic 0 and/or logic 1 then indicates the drowsiness state as end-status signal. - View Dependent Claims (53, 97, 104, 109, 120)
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49. A device for monitoring the drowsiness state of operators of moving objects, such as vehicles, airplanes, trains, and ships, comprising:
a differently weighted composite signal being formed by combining a plurality of physiological measured variables, including at least eyelid pulse-duty ratio and state of facial-muscle relaxation, which, by states of logic 0 and/or logic 1 then indicates the drowsiness state as end-status signal. - View Dependent Claims (95, 98, 105, 110, 121)
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50. A device for monitoring the drowsiness state of operators of moving objects, such as vehicles, airplanes, trains, and ships, comprising:
a differently weighted composite signal being formed by combining a plurality of physiological measured variables, including at least yawning frequency and the state of facial-muscle relaxation, which, by states of logic 0 and/or logic 1 then indicates the drowsiness state as end-status signal. - View Dependent Claims (99, 101, 106, 111, 122)
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