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Systems and methods for monitoring a vehicle operator and for monitoring an operating environment within the vehicle

  • US 9,972,184 B2
  • Filed: 07/24/2014
  • Issued: 05/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method for generating data representative of a position of at least a portion of a vehicle driver within an interior of a vehicle and data representative of an operating environment within the vehicle, the method comprising:

  • acquiring, from one or more data sources, model data, wherein the model data is representative of a model of at least a portion of the interior of the vehicle including at least a portion of a model vehicle operator;

    acquiring, from two or more position sensors, vehicle driver position data, wherein a first one of the two or more position sensors is a pressure transducer located within a vehicle driver-side seat, wherein a position of the vehicle driver within the vehicle driver-side seat is inferred from shifting weight on the vehicle driver-side seat, wherein a second one of the two or more position sensors is used to generate a three-dimensional model of a vehicle driver within the interior of the vehicle, and wherein the vehicle driver position data is representative of the position of at least the portion of the vehicle driver within the interior of the vehicle;

    comparing, using one or more processors, the vehicle driver position data with the model data; and

    determining, using one or more processors, a difference between the vehicle driver position data and the model data based on the comparison of the vehicle driver position data with the model data to detect a vehicle driver position.

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