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Method for assessing driver attentiveness

  • US 8,717,197 B2
  • Filed: 10/20/2011
  • Issued: 05/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for assessing an attentiveness of a driver of a motor vehicle traveling in a lane comprising:

  • detecting a position of the motor vehicle in the lane transverse to a direction of travel;

    determining an extent of fluctuations of the position; and

    assessing the attentiveness as insufficient if within an observation period a first significant period in which the extent of fluctuations of the position falls below a first low limiting value and a second significant period is detected in which the extent of fluctuations exceeds a second high limiting value, andwherein the first significant period is assessed as significant if a first duration of the first significant period exceeds a first significance limiting value; and

    wherein the second period is assessed as significant if a second duration of the second period exceeds a second significance limiting value.

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