TIREDNESS STATE DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20120314046A1
• Filed: 04/26/2012
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: ZHUANG, Yan, FU, Xiao-Jun, ZHAO, Jin-Rong
• Application Number:
  US13/457,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20120314046A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/78
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/597 Recognising the driver's state or behaviour, e.g. attention or drowsiness
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/175 Static expression

Abstract

A computing device and method detects a tiredness state of a user. A camera positioned on a display device captures images of the user when the user is positioned in front of the camera. The computing device analyzes the images to obtain eye parameters of the eye of the user. The computing device reminds the user to have a rest, in response to a determination that the eye parameters of the eye of the user match predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user.

Claims

1. A computing device, comprising:

a storage system;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs stored in the storage system and being executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

an analyzing module that obtains eye parameters of an eye of a user from images of the user positioned in front of a display device having a camera positioned on the display device;

a setting module that sets predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user;

a determination module that determines if the obtained eye parameters of the eye of the user match the predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user; and

a reminding module that outputs an indication to remind the user to have a rest, in response to a determination that the obtained eye parameters of the eye of the user match the predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the predetermined eye parameters comprise a percentage range of a white part of the eye, and the eye parameters of the eye of the user comprise a percentage of the white part of the eye.

3. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the percentage range of the white part of the eye amounts to 20% to 25% area of the eye.

4. The computing device of claim 3, wherein the obtained eye parameters of the eye of the user match the predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user upon the condition that the percentage of the white part of the eye falls within the percentage range of the white part of the eye.

5. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the indication is an audible announcement using a speaker of the computing device.

6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the indication is a picture displaying on the display device.

7. A tiredness state detecting method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising:

obtaining eye parameters of an eye of a user from images of the user positioned in front of a display device having a camera positioned on the display device;

setting predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user;

determining if the obtained eye parameters of the eye of the user match the predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user; and

outputting an indication to remind the user to have a rest, in response to a determination that the obtained eye parameters of the eye of the user match the predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the predetermined eye parameters comprise a percentage range of a white part of the eye, and the eye parameters of the eye of the user comprise a percentage of the white part of the eye.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the percentage range of the white part of the eye amounts to 20% to 25% area of the eye.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the obtained eye parameters of the eye of the user match the predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user upon the condition that the percentage of the white part of the eye falls within the percentage range of the white part of the eye.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the indication is an audible announcement using a speaker of the computing device.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the indication is a picture displaying on the display device.

13. A non-transitory computing device-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computing device, causing the computing device to perform a tiredness state detecting method, the method comprising:

obtaining eye parameters of an eye of a user from images of the user positioned in front of a display device having a camera positioned on the display device;

setting predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user;

determining if the obtained eye parameters of the eye of the user match the predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user; and

outputting an indication to remind the user to have a rest, in response to a determination that the obtained eye parameters of the eye of the user match the predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user.

14. The non-transitory medium of claim 13, wherein the predetermined eye parameters comprise a percentage range of a white part of the eye, and the eye parameters of the eye of the user comprise a percentage of the white part of the eye.

15. The non-transitory medium of claim 14, wherein the percentage range of the white part of the eye amounts to 20% to 25% area of the eye.

16. The non-transitory medium of claim 15, wherein the obtained eye parameters of the eye of the user match the predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user upon the condition that the percentage of the white part of the eye falls within the percentage range of the white part of the eye.

17. The non-transitory medium of claim 13, wherein the indication is an audible announcement using a speaker of the computing device.

18. The non-transitory medium of claim 13, wherein the indication is a picture displaying on the display device.