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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188870 | System for monitoring an alertness of an operator of a powered system A system is presented for monitoring an alertness of an operator of a powered system which operates based on a profile. The monitoring system includes a controller to initiate a query to the operator during an operation of the powered system. The query is used to pr... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184008 | On-board warning apparatus and warning method An on-board warning apparatus of the invention includes an inattentive time measuring device that measures a duration of an inattentive state of a driver; a dozing time measuring device that measures a duration of a dozing state of the driver; a first warning output... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179271 | Key for vehicle and drunken driving preventing device The object of the invention is to provide a vehicle key capable of preventing the drunken driving. The vehicle key comprises a key portion with the forward end portion thereof insertable into the key hole of the vehicle such as a train, a motor bike and an automobil... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8164464 | Method and system of aircraft pilot assessment A method and system are disclosed for assessing the capability of a pilot to operate an aircraft. The system senses the value of at least one operator information parameter for assessing the fitness of the pilot operating the aircraft and at least one aircraft infor... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8131418 | Angular velocity calculating device, offset determination method for the same, and vehicle stopping detecting device Minimum and maximum values of an angular velocity signal output from a gyro while a vehicle is stationary are detected. A range of the angular velocity signal is set that is used to determine when the vehicle is stationary. When the angular velocity signal output fr... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8089364 | Car alcohol monitoring system An alcohol monitoring system for monitoring a driver of a car includes a vapor analyzer system for detecting the amount of alcohol in a driver operating the car. A speed controller is provided for setting the maximum speed of the car to a predetermined level in the ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8063786 | Method of detecting drowsiness of a vehicle operator A method of rectifying drowsiness of a vehicle driver includes capturing a sequence of images of the driver. It is determined, based in the images, whether a head of the driver is tilting away from a vertical orientation in a substantially lateral direction toward a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059003 | Methods for providing secure and transparent cached ignition interlock data Generally, in accordance with various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the present method comprises collecting data from breath alcohol ignition interlock devices (“BIID” or “IID”), uploading the data from an IID to a central database, pairing... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8049631 | System and method for deterring impaired vehicle operation A system of determining an impairment level of a vehicle operator and preventing operation of the vehicle in an impaired state and method of using the same that comprises a key portion to initiate the starting of the vehicle, an electrical source to power the system... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044808 | System and method for estimating interest level The interest level estimation system of the present invention includes a gaze measurement unit that measures a person's gaze velocity and a skin potential level measurement unit that measures a person's skin potential level. The interest level estimation system also... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044809 | Automated consumer to business electronic marketplace system An automated consumer to business electronic marketplace system is presented, wherein various aspects of user status, user behavior or operation of a vehicle associated with user are monitored and reported to an electronic marketplace. Suppliers of insurance product... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8013747 | Driving safety warning method and device for a drowsy or distracted driver A driving safety warning device includes a central processing unit (CPU); an acceleration sensor for sensing an acceleration value of a car having the driving safety warning device installed therein, and sending the sensed acceleration value to the CPU for calculati... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7982620 | System and method for reducing boredom while driving Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for reducing driver boredom for the driver of a vehicle particularly for vehicle environments such as straight roads and lack of traffic that are likely to induce boredom. An example system includes an... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978086 | Method and device for recognizing tiredness In a method and in a device for detecting when the driver of a motor vehicle becomes tired, the tiredness is determined as a function of a detected steering inactivity phase and a subsequent steering action. In this context, the steering inactivity phase is logicall... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7956758 | Thermal stimulation apparatus for vehicles A thermal stimulation apparatus for vehicles capable of exerting an effect of, for example, reducing fatigue and improving the physical condition of a vehicle occupant. In a vehicle thermal stimulation apparatus 10, the piezoelectric sensor 26 detects ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956757 | System and method for monitoring an alertness of an operator of a powered system A system is provided for monitoring an alertness of an operator of a powered system. The system includes a controller configured to initiate an alert countdown upon determining a lack of input received from the operator during an operation of the powered system. The... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7911350 | Alcohol detection system A drunk driving detection system to be incorporated in a vehicle includes a steering wheel, a film, a pair of contact detection electrodes, an alcohol sensor, and a control circuit. The steering wheel is provided with an opening in a portion to be grasped by a drive... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7902987 | Driver alert system for the steering wheel of a motor vehicle A driver alert system for the steering wheel of a motor vehicle. The system comprises an electric motor, an eccentric mass connected to the electric motor, and a control circuit for providing electric supply to the electric motor in response to an alert activation s... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7852225 | Driver alert system for the steering wheel of a motor vehicle A driver alert system for the steering wheel of a motor vehicle includes a vibration module with an eccentric mass and a driving device for rotating said eccentric mass about a rotational axis. The vibration module is arranged such that the rotational axis of the ec... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7839292 | Real-time driving danger level prediction Systems and methods are disclosed to predict driving danger by capturing vehicle dynamic parameter, driver physiological data and driver behavior feature; applying a learning algorithm to the features; and predicting driving danger. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7830266 | Drowsy state determination device and method A blink detection section generates an eye-closure signal indicating the duration of a period for which the driver closes his/her eyes. An eye-closure count section calculates the respective occurrence frequencies of single eye closures in a prescribed measurement p... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7821408 | Method and system for physically qualifying commercial overland truck drivers The present invention provides a system and a method for determining the physical qualification of a commercial motor vehicle driver. The system and method collect driver information from a driver, which is then assessed to determine if the driver is satisfies pre-e... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7821409 | Drowsiness alarm apparatus and program A drowsiness alarm apparatus and a program for decreasing the possibility of incorrectly issuing an alarm due to an expressed emotion is provided. A wakefulness degree calculation apparatus performs a wakeful face feature collection process to collect a wakefulness ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7804413 | Object awareness determination system and a method for determining awareness of an object An object awareness determination system includes an external object sensor system to sense objects and generate input data relating to the objects external to a host vehicle, wherein the input data includes an object position (x, y), an object velocity |({dot over ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7791491 | Measuring alertness A method and apparatus for measuring drowsiness particularly in vehicle operators measures the amplitude to velocity ratio for eyelids closing and opening during blinking as well as measuring duration of opening and closing. The average values for the amplitude to v... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7719431 | Systems, methods and computer products for drowsy driver detection and response Systems and methods and computer products for drowsy driver detection and response. Exemplary embodiments include systems and methods and computer products for determining that a vehicle has engaged in a lane violation, determining a severity of the lane violation, ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7705738 | Database apparatus, attention calling apparatus and driving support apparatus An attention calling apparatus operates in the following manner. That is, eyes distribution pattern is generated from the behavior of the eyes of the vehicle driver captured by a camera in a predetermined time, and driver's condition is estimated based on the distri... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7692552 | Method and system for improving driver safety and situational awareness A method for enhancing driver safety through body position monitoring with remote sensors, and furnishing feedback in response to vehicle motion, driver activities, and external driving conditions, wherein the method includes: monitoring and characterizing signals f... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7671752 | Car alcohol monitoring system An alcohol monitoring system for monitoring a driver of a car includes a vapor analyzer system for detecting the amount of alcohol in a driver operating the car. A speed controller is provided for setting the maximum speed of the car to a predetermined level in the ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7667609 | Expert system rescue of impaired equipment operators Methods and systems using one or more expert systems to screen equipment operators for impairments, such as chemical impairment, physical impairment, medical impairment, or emotional impairment, to selectively test the equipment operators and rescue the equipment op... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7663495 | Vigilance monitoring technique for vehicle operators A vigilance monitoring system to determine the alertness of a driver of a vehicle. The system uses one or multiple sensors located at the driver-vehicle interface (steering wheel, accelerator, brakes). The sensor monitors the magnitude and frequency of the force (or... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7659827 | System and method for taking risk out of driving Systems and methods for taking risk out of driving are presented. The system comprises an event capture device that records audio, video, and other information that collectively comprise an event. The event data, including the audio, video, and other related informa... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7642922 | Drive support apparatus for a movable body A drive support apparatus that performs an interaction with a driver with respect to awareness of safe driving so as to make the driver drive safely. The drive support apparatus includes: a driving state detecting portion for acquiring driving state information incl... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7639148 | Method and arrangement for controlling vehicular subsystems based on interpreted driver activity Method and arrangement for controlling a subsystem of a vehicle dependent upon a sensed level of driver inattentiveness to vehicle driving tasks. A variable characteristic is measured, on a substantially real-time basis, which correlates to the driver's inattentiven... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7639149 | Automatic lighting device and method for controlling light An automatic lighting device includes an illuminance detector for detecting an external illuminance around a vehicle, a light controller for turning on/off a vehicular light, a driver's characteristics detector for acquiring information about driver's physical chara... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7616125 | Alertness monitor An alertness monitoring system uses reflectance measurement of infrared light pulses to monitor eye movement of a vehicle or machine operator. The data is used to measure eye and eyelid movement for presence slow or drifting eye movements, and/or eyelid closure and ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7609168 | Method for detecting characteristic movements of a vehicle driver for the purpose of diagnosing a lowering of vigilance by said driver A method for detecting characteristic movements of a vehicle driver for diagnosing a lowering of vigilance by the driver. In a preliminary phase, the surface of the seat base and of the backrest of the seat is divided into a plurality of elementary surfaces in each ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7592920 | Systems and methods for evaluating driver attentiveness for collision avoidance Systems and method for evaluating driver attentiveness are provided. An allocation unit evaluates defined first input data to recognize a specific driving situation among a plurality of defined driving situations. A driver monitoring unit is operatively coupled to t... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7570172 | Key for vehicle and drunken driving preventing device The object of the invention is to provide a vehicle key capable of preventing the drunken driving. The vehicle key comprises a key portion with the forward end portion thereof insertable into the key hole of the vehicle such as a train, a motor bike and an automobil... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7561054 | System and method for displaying a driving profile The invention provides a system for analyzing and evaluating the performance and behavior of a driver of a vehicle, and for displaying the results of the analysis and evaluation. A vehicle sensor utility is used to monitor the state of the vehicle while being driven... | 07/14/2009 |
