METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE BY MONITORING THE HEAD ORIENTATION AND/OR VIEWING DIRECTION OF AN OPERATOR BY MEANS OF A CAMERA DEVICE OF A MOBILE CONTROL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for autonomously controlling a movement of a vehicle, comprising:
- detecting a respective actual position of the vehicle in temporal succession;
recording in temporal succession with a first camera device of a mobile control device images of an operator located outside the vehicle, said operator holding the mobile control device;
determining with an analysis device at least one of an actual head orientation of the operator and a viewing direction of the operator based on the images recorded with the camera device; and
interrupting or terminating the autonomously controlled movement of the vehicle in response to at least one of two instances, a first instance in which the actual head orientation and/or viewing direction of the operator cannot be detected, a second instance in which the head orientation and/or viewing direction of the operator deviates for longer than a predeterminable time period and/or by a predeterminable angle from the actual position of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A method for autonomously controlling a movement of a vehicle includes detecting a respective actual position of the vehicle in temporal succession; recording in temporal succession with a first camera device of a mobile control device images of an operator located outside the vehicle, the mobile control device being held by the operator; determining with an analysis device an actual head orientation and/or a viewing direction of the operator based on the recorded images; and interrupting or terminating the autonomously controlled movement of the vehicle in response to at least one of two instances, a first instance in which the actual head orientation and/or viewing direction of the operator cannot be detected, a second instance in which the head orientation and/or viewing direction of the operator deviates for longer than a predeterminable time period and/or by a predeterminable angle from the actual position of the vehicle
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10 Claims
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1. A method for autonomously controlling a movement of a vehicle, comprising:
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detecting a respective actual position of the vehicle in temporal succession; recording in temporal succession with a first camera device of a mobile control device images of an operator located outside the vehicle, said operator holding the mobile control device; determining with an analysis device at least one of an actual head orientation of the operator and a viewing direction of the operator based on the images recorded with the camera device; and interrupting or terminating the autonomously controlled movement of the vehicle in response to at least one of two instances, a first instance in which the actual head orientation and/or viewing direction of the operator cannot be detected, a second instance in which the head orientation and/or viewing direction of the operator deviates for longer than a predeterminable time period and/or by a predeterminable angle from the actual position of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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