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Appartuses, systems, and methods for determining when a vehicle occupant is using a mobile telephone

  • US 9,928,434 B1
  • Filed: 06/14/2016
  • Issued: 03/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for determining when a vehicle occupant is using a mobile telephone, the device comprising:

  • a previously classified image data receiving module stored on a memory that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to receive previously classified image data from at least one previously classified image database, wherein the previously classified image data is representative of previously classified vehicle occupant actions;

    a current image data receiving module stored on a memory that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to receive current image data from at least one vehicle interior sensor, wherein the current image data is representative of current vehicle occupant action, and wherein the current image data includes images and/or extracted image features that are representative of a vehicle occupant using a cellular telephone, a vehicle occupant looking out a vehicle side window, a vehicle occupant adjusting a vehicle radio, a vehicle occupant adjusting a vehicle heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, two vehicle occupants talking with one-another, a vehicle occupant reading a book or magazine, a vehicle occupant putting on makeup, or a vehicle occupant looking at themselves in a mirror; and

    a vehicle occupant mobile telephone detection module stored on a memory that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to detect whether a vehicle occupant is using a mobile telephone based on a comparison of the current image data with the previously classified image data, wherein detecting whether a vehicle occupant is using a mobile telephone is further based on determining an approximate size and shape of an object in a hand of the vehicle occupant.

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