METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF DYNAMIC ATTENTIVE STATES FOR PROVIDING AN INATTENTIVE WARNING
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining an inattentive state of an operator of a vehicle and for providing information to the operator of the vehicle by obtaining face images of the operator of the vehicle, obtaining images of an environment of the vehicle, determining one or more areas of interest in the environment of the vehicle based on the images of the environment, obtaining, from a relevance and priority database, relevance and priority values corresponding to the one or more areas of interest, determining a probability of attention of the operator of the vehicle to the one or more areas of interest based on the images of the environment and the relevance and priority values, determining an attention deficiency based on the determined probability of attention and the face images, and providing the information to the operator of the vehicle based on the determined attention deficiency.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method comprising:
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determining a probability of attention of an operator of a vehicle to one or more areas of interest in an environment of a vehicle based on relevance and priority values corresponding to the one or more areas of interest; determining an attention deficiency based on the determined probability of attention and eye movements of the operator of the vehicle; and providing information to a warning or guidance device based on the determined attention deficiency. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a warning or guidance device; and controller circuitry configured to determine a probability of attention of an operator of the vehicle to one or more areas of interest in an environment of a vehicle based on relevance and priority values corresponding to the one or more areas of interest; determine an attention deficiency based on the determined probability of attention and eye movements of the operator of the vehicle; and provide information to the warning or guidance device based on the determined attention deficiency. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
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determining a probability of attention of an operator of a vehicle to one or more areas of interest in an environment of a vehicle based on relevance and priority values corresponding to the one or more areas of interest; determining an attention deficiency based on the determined probability of attention and eye movements of the operator of the vehicle; and providing information to a warning or guidance device based on the determined attention deficiency.
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