DRIVER'S STATE MONITORING SYSTEM USING A CAMERA MOUNTED ON STEERING WHEEL
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1. A system for monitoring the status of a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
- an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the face of a driver using a camera mounted on the steering wheel of the vehicle; and
a control unit for correcting a tilt of the captured image received from the image capturing unit by rotating the captured image by a steering angle, and extracting characteristic parts of the face of the driver from the corrected image, thus determining the status of the driver.
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Abstract
The status of a driver is monitored by facial images captured by a camera mounted on the steering wheel of a vehicle. The captured image is tilt corrected by a steering angle. The status of the driver can be monitored efficiently.
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1. A system for monitoring the status of a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
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an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the face of a driver using a camera mounted on the steering wheel of the vehicle; and a control unit for correcting a tilt of the captured image received from the image capturing unit by rotating the captured image by a steering angle, and extracting characteristic parts of the face of the driver from the corrected image, thus determining the status of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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