Patent ID: 11970182
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A smart cruise control (SCC) association system for detecting carelessness of a driver of a vehicle, the SCC association system comprising:
a vehicle state information acquisition unit configured to obtain, from a plurality of sensors disposed at the vehicle, vehicle state information comprising vehicle speed information and GPS location information;
a driver monitoring camera unit configured to monitor and track a line of sight of the driver in real time and identify a pupil state of the driver;
a front camera unit configured to capture an area in front of the vehicle and generate a front view image;
a gaze location mapping unit configured to check a distance to a gaze location of the driver by mapping the driver's line of sight to the front view image; and
a carelessness situation determination unit configured to:
check a focal distance for the driver's gaze location based on a change to a size of the driver's pupil;
perform a first comparison between the focal distance for the driver's gaze location and the distance to the driver's gaze location;
determine whether a result of the first comparison meets a predetermined threshold; and
in response to determining that the result of the first comparison meets the predetermined threshold, determine that the driver is in a careless situation and generate a warning signal.