DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DRIVER'S ATTENTION THROUGH INTERACTIVE VOICE QUESTIONING
First Claim
1. A device for detecting a driver'"'"'s attention through interactive voice questioning, comprising:
- an image acquiring unit, being configured to acquire an image of the driver;
a voice questioning unit, being configured to give a voice questioning instruction; and
a safety determining unit connected with the image acquiring unit and the voice questioning unit, being configured to detect a variation of the image so as to determine whether the variation complies with requirements of the voice questioning instruction.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a device and a method for detecting a driver'"'"'s attention through interactive voice questioning, which are used to monitor a head action of the driver to determine an attention level of the driver, and mainly operate in a process of asking a question by the device, answering the question by the driver, and making a determination by the device. The device includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image of the driver, a processing unit configured to perform image digital processing on the image, a voice questioning unit configured to give a voice questioning instruction, and a safety determining unit configured to make a value comparison and a determination according to a feature of the image. An alert message will be given to warn the driver if the image fails to comply with requirements of the voice questioning instruction.
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1. A device for detecting a driver'"'"'s attention through interactive voice questioning, comprising:
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an image acquiring unit, being configured to acquire an image of the driver; a voice questioning unit, being configured to give a voice questioning instruction; and a safety determining unit connected with the image acquiring unit and the voice questioning unit, being configured to detect a variation of the image so as to determine whether the variation complies with requirements of the voice questioning instruction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for detecting a driver'"'"'s attention through interactive voice questioning, comprising the following steps of:
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giving a voice questioning instruction; acquiring an image of the driver; detecting a variation of the image so as to determine whether the variation complies with requirements of the voice questioning instruction; and giving an alert message if the variation of the image fails to comply with the requirements of the voice questioning instruction. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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