TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING SAFE OPERATION OF A VEHICLE
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1. A driving monitoring system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a visibility determining system that provides an indication of the visibility of a driver of the vehicle;
an image obtaining system oriented to obtain images of an area in front of the vehicle and derive information about objects in the obtained images including distance between the vehicle and objects travelling in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle; and
a warning system that, based on the determined visibility of the driver and the information about objects travelling in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle, warns a driver when an object travelling in the direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle restricts movement of the vehicle.
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Abstract
Vehicle control system and method in which restrictions on travel of the vehicle are determined based on an indication of the visibility of a driver and information about objects moving in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle are considered. The travel restrictions include preventing a passing maneuver on a two-lane road when an oncoming vehicle precludes safely initiating or completing an already-initiated passing maneuver. A warning system is provided to warn a driver about the travel restrictions so that the driver will, hopefully, not attempt an unsafe maneuver.
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1. A driving monitoring system for a vehicle, comprising:
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a visibility determining system that provides an indication of the visibility of a driver of the vehicle; an image obtaining system oriented to obtain images of an area in front of the vehicle and derive information about objects in the obtained images including distance between the vehicle and objects travelling in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle; and a warning system that, based on the determined visibility of the driver and the information about objects travelling in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle, warns a driver when an object travelling in the direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle restricts movement of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for monitoring driving of a vehicle, comprising:
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obtaining an indication of visibility of a driver of the vehicle; obtaining images of an area in front of the vehicle using an image acquiring system; deriving, using a processor, information about objects in the obtained images including distance between the vehicle and objects travelling in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle; and warning a driver via a warning system when an object travelling in the direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle restricts movement of the vehicle, based on the visibility of the driver and the information about objects travelling in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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