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Method for image-based driver identification in a motor vehicle

  • US 20070183635A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2007
  • Published: 08/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for image-based driver identification in a motor vehicle, comprising the acts of:

  • recording at least one two-dimensional driver facial image using a camera;

    temporarily storing recorded driver facial images;

    comparing temporarily stored driver facial images to two-dimensional reference images of a possible driver from multiple possible drivers of the motor vehicle; and

    determining the current recording angle between the camera and the facial normal line of the driver by a device not otherwise used for image-based driver identification, wherein the recording of a driver facial image is triggered when the current recording angle reaches a specific preset value.

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