DRIVER GAZE DETECTION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. Method for detecting an eyes-off-the-road condition based on an estimated gaze direction of a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
- monitoring facial feature points of the driver within image input data captured by an in-vehicle camera device;
detecting a location for each of a plurality of eye features for an eyeball of the driver based on the monitored facial feature points;
estimating a head pose of the driver based on the monitored facial feature points; and
estimating the gaze direction of the driver based on the detected location information for each of the plurality of eye features and the estimated head pose.
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Abstract
A method for detecting an eyes-off-the-road condition based on an estimated gaze direction of a driver of a vehicle includes monitoring facial feature points of the driver within image input data captured by an in-vehicle camera device. A location for each of a plurality of eye features for an eyeball of the driver is detected based on the monitored facial features. A head pose of the driver is estimated based on the monitored facial feature points. The gaze direction of the driver is estimated based on the detected location for each of the plurality of eye features and the estimated head pose.
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1. Method for detecting an eyes-off-the-road condition based on an estimated gaze direction of a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
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monitoring facial feature points of the driver within image input data captured by an in-vehicle camera device; detecting a location for each of a plurality of eye features for an eyeball of the driver based on the monitored facial feature points; estimating a head pose of the driver based on the monitored facial feature points; and estimating the gaze direction of the driver based on the detected location information for each of the plurality of eye features and the estimated head pose. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Apparatus for estimating gaze direction of a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
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an in-vehicle monocular camera device for capturing image data in a field of view directed toward a face of the driver; a detection and tracking module for extracting facial feature points of the driver from the image data captured by the camera device and detecting and tracking a location for each of an iris and first and second eye corners of an eyeball of the driver based on the extracted facial feature points; a head pose estimation module utilizing the extracted facial feature points to estimate a head pose of the driver; and a gaze direction estimation module for estimating the gaze direction of the driver in a geometric model based on the estimated head pose and the detected and tracked location for each of the iris and the first and second eye corners. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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