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Granted patent

Vehicular management

Number
12346109
Published
2025-07-01
Filed
2022-11-14
Assignee
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors
Tran; Ha
CPC
A61B5/02416; A61B5/18; A61B5/4845; A61B5/6802; A61B5/6893; B60H1/00735; B60H1/00742; B60H1/00978; B60Q5/005; B60Q9/00; B60R21/015; B60W30/09; B60W40/08; B60W50/14; G05D1/0061; G05D1/0088; G05D1/0214; G05D1/227
Verdict
Set aside consumer vehicle driver-health/safety management, automotive business
Source
Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

A method of providing safety in a level 3 autonomous vehicle by mounting a plurality of cameras in a vehicular cabin to detect edges; translating the edges into motions of a human or a biological entity; and monitoring safety conditions for the human or biological entity.

Background

BACKGROUND (1) The present invention relates to smart vehicles. SUMMARY (2) Smart car operations are detailed. The smart car has a number of sensors such as IoT (internet of things) sensors that can share data with other vehicles and that can communicate with the cloud to provide intelligent handling of the car. (3) In one aspect, a method for detecting attentiveness includes placing a camera near a driver, the camera having a wireless radio to communicate with a processor; sending a radio signal toward the driver and detecting a heart rate from the driver based on a reflected radio signal; capturing images of the driver; and detecting driver attentiveness based on camera images and the detected heart rate. (4) Implementations can include one or more of the following: determining if the driver is unable to control the car in time and detecting verbal or visual cues from the driver on action to take; detecting a driver eye gaze direction and following the direction; detecting a driver gesture direction and following the direction; if the driver gesture indicates a panic, determining an environmental cue for action—wherein the environmental cue includes paths of neighboring cars, comprising steering the car to follow one car path, or wherein the environmental cue includes an obstruction, comprising steering the car to protect the driver; if collision is imminent, the vehicle ejects the driver; the ejected driver can hover at a safe distance, or can land with a parachute; camera

Claims

1. A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising: capturing, using a plurality of cameras within the vehicle, an image including an object; classifying, by an image analysis system, pixels in the image as object pixels or background pixels; detecting, by the image analysis system, edges of the object based at least in part on the classified pixels; determining a location or a position of the object based at least in part on the edges; and controlling an operation of the vehicle based at least in part on the location or the position of the object, wherein the object comprises a person or a body part of the person.