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

Claim 0:
1. A method for monitoring at least 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 is output by the detected object;
in case informational content is 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 during one or more of: while the informational content is being output and a time interval after the informational content is being output;
conducting an analysis of the recorded conversation; and
verifying, by using the analysis and the determined recognition data of the informational content, whether the output informational content was perceived by the passenger of the vehicle.