Patent ID: 11931103
Assignee: HEIDELBERG ENGINEERING GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for examining a driver of a motor vehicle having wheels and operable to move over roads, the method being performed in the motor vehicle and comprising:
continuously monitoring with one or more cameras a viewing direction of the driver during a plurality of trips in the motor vehicle over a plurality of days,
noting during each trip when the viewing direction of the driver changes from a center point to another point, wherein for each noted change in viewing direction of the driver, it is determined that a stimulation to change view has occurred at the other point in the peripheral visual field of the driver relative to the center point and that the driver's visual function is intact at the other point,
forming a map populated with the noted center points and other points from the trips, and
determining from the map whether the driver has a scotoma.