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