Patent ID: 11900699
Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC B  G

Claim 19:
20. A method for monitoring a passenger of a vehicle comprising:
detecting a geographic position of the vehicle;
detecting a viewing direction of the passenger by an eye-tracking device;
accessing a data memory in which objects and geographic positions assigned to them are saved and, by using the detected geographic position of the vehicle, determining whether one of the objects is located in the environment of the vehicle;
determining, depending on the detected viewing direction of the passenger, the detected geographic position of the vehicle, and the geographic position of the determined object in the environment of the vehicle, whether the object in the environment of the vehicle was perceived by the passenger;
detecting whether informational content was output by the detected object;
determining recognition data on the output informational content;
recording a conversation between passengers of the vehicle using a microphone in the interior of the vehicle, at least while the informational content is being output, or for a time interval afterward;
conducting an analysis of the recorded conversation that was held while or for a time interval after the informational content was output; and
detecting, by using the conversation analysis and the recorded recognition data of the informational content output during or before the conversation, whether the output informational content was perceived by a passenger of the vehicle.