Operator training system
First Claim
1. A vehicle operator training system comprising:
- a sensor to sense what an operator looks at;
a storage storing information about a plurality of gaze targets; and
a controller to develop a record of what the operator looked at in the course of an operator training session and to compare the record to said information about a plurality of gaze targets to determine whether the operator looked at said gaze targets in the course of an operator training session.
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Abstract
A system for operator training and evaluation may detect and record information about various actions taken by an operator. For example, the system may record what the operator looks at in the course of operating the vehicle to determine whether the operator is looking at the things which the operator should appropriately be checking. In addition the system may provide other information about other aspects of the operator'"'"'s performance including speed and use of controls and indicators. This information may be correlated and provided in the form of an evaluation. Alternatively, the operator may be prompted in the course of operating the vehicle to correct the operator'"'"'s performance to improve the operator'"'"'s skill.
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25 Claims
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1. A vehicle operator training system comprising:
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a sensor to sense what an operator looks at;
a storage storing information about a plurality of gaze targets; and
a controller to develop a record of what the operator looked at in the course of an operator training session and to compare the record to said information about a plurality of gaze targets to determine whether the operator looked at said gaze targets in the course of an operator training session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for evaluating a vehicle operator comprising:
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automatically sensing what the operator looks at;
developing a record of what the operator looks at in the course of an operator evaluation session;
compiling a list of gaze targets; and
comparing the record to the gaze targets to determine whether the operator looked at said gaze targets in the course of said evaluation session. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An article comprising a medium that stores instructions for causing a processor based system to:
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receive information about what a vehicle operator looks at;
make a record of what the operator looks at in the course of operator evaluation;
compile a list of gaze targets including items a vehicle operator may look at in the course of said operator evaluation; and
compare the record to said gaze targets to determine whether the operator looked at each of said gaze targets during the course of said operator evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for evaluating a vehicle operator comprising:
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automatically sensing what the operator looks at;
prompting the operator to increase the frequency with which the operator looks at one or more objects; and
recording what the operator looks at. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A vehicle operator training system comprising:
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a first vehicle mounted camera to scan the operator'"'"'s head;
a second vehicle mounted camera to scan the operator'"'"'s eye; and
a controller to develop a record of what the operator looked at in the course of operator training using information from said first and second cameras.
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Specification