Apparatus for preventing passive task-related fatigue of driver and method thereof
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1. An apparatus for preventing passive task-related fatigue of a driver, the apparatus comprising:
- a cruise control monitor that monitors an on or off state of a cruise control switch mounted in a vehicle;
a receiver that receives quiz data corresponding to a position of the vehicle from a server;
a display that displays the quiz data received by the receiver;
an interface that receives an answer for the quiz data from the driver;
an audio device that outputs a sound corresponding to the answer from the driver received through the interface;
a sheet vibrator that vibrates a sheet when the answer from the driver is a wrong answer; and
a controller configured to perform an interaction with the driver based on the quiz data corresponding to the position of the vehicle received through the receiver when the on state of the cruise control switch has been maintained beyond a threshold time.
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Abstract
A device that causes a driver not to feel passive task-related fatigue by performing interaction with the driver at a time when the driver feeling passive task-related fatigue, thereby promoting safe driving. In particular, phrase “the interaction with the driver” refers to a series of operations viewing quiz data or beat sequence data to the driver, receiving a response, and visually, acoustically, and tactilely informing a result according to the response, and a control of each component for the operation.
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1. An apparatus for preventing passive task-related fatigue of a driver, the apparatus comprising:
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a cruise control monitor that monitors an on or off state of a cruise control switch mounted in a vehicle; a receiver that receives quiz data corresponding to a position of the vehicle from a server; a display that displays the quiz data received by the receiver; an interface that receives an answer for the quiz data from the driver; an audio device that outputs a sound corresponding to the answer from the driver received through the interface; a sheet vibrator that vibrates a sheet when the answer from the driver is a wrong answer; and a controller configured to perform an interaction with the driver based on the quiz data corresponding to the position of the vehicle received through the receiver when the on state of the cruise control switch has been maintained beyond a threshold time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for preventing passive task-related fatigue of a driver, the method comprising:
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detecting, by a cruise control monitor, an on state of a cruise control switch mounted in a vehicle; determining, by a controller, whether the on state of the cruise control switch exceeds a threshold time; receiving, by a receiver, quiz data corresponding to a position of the vehicle from a server under control of the controller when the on state of the cruise control switch exceeds the threshold time; and performing, by the controller, an interaction with the driver based on the quiz data corresponding to the position of the vehicle received through the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A method for preventing passive task-related fatigue of a driver, the method comprising:
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detecting, by a cruise control monitor, an on state of a cruise control switch mounted in a vehicle; determining, by a controller, whether the on state of the cruise control switch exceeds a threshold time; monitoring, by a steering wheel monitor, an amount that a steering wheel of the vehicle is manipulated; receiving, by a receiver, quiz data corresponding to a position of the vehicle from a server under control of the controller when the amount that the steering wheel is manipulated exceeds a threshold value while the on state of the cruise control switch does not exceed the threshold time; and performing, by the controller, an interaction with the driver based on the quiz data corresponding to the position of the vehicle received through the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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