Patent ID: 11951832
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A method of controlling a driver assistance system of a vehicle, the method comprising:
determining, by a control unit of the driver assistance system, whether the vehicle stops while traveling, based on whether a brake pedal of the vehicle is operated and a speed of the vehicle;
determining, by the control unit, a driver carelessness level based on driver state data detected by a vehicle sensor, when the control unit concludes that the vehicle stops; and
determining, by the control unit, the driver carelessness level according to driver carelessness, and then operating the driver assistance unit of the driver assistance system according to the determined driver carelessness level,
wherein the control unit is configured to classify the driver carelessness into a plurality of levels according to the driver state data, and
wherein the vehicle sensor unit includes:
a driver gaze sensor configured to detect a gaze of the driver;
a driver seat hydraulic pressure sensor configured to detect a seat hydraulic pressure of a driver seat; and
a brake pedal sensor configured to detect a pedal depression amount of a brake pedal.