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

Claim 9:
10. A carelessness determination method based on the analysis of a driver's biological state and a smart cruise control (SCC) association system using the method, the SCC association system comprising:
a vehicle state information acquisition unit comprising multiple sensors installed in a vehicle and configured to obtain vehicle state information comprising vehicle speed information and GPS location information according to a driving of the vehicle;
a driver watch camera unit configured to carefully watch and track a line of sight of a driver in real time and identify a pupil state of the driver;
a front camera unit configured to obtain a front capturing image by capturing an area in front of the vehicle;
a gaze location mapping unit configured to check a distance up to a gaze location of the driver by mapping the gaze location of the driver obtained by the driver watch camera unit to the front capturing image obtained by the front camera unit;
a carelessness situation determination unit configured to check a focal distance for the gaze location of the driver based on a change in a size of the pupil of the driver according to a vehicle speed, compare the focal distance for the gaze location of the driver and a distance up to the gaze location, which is checked by the front camera unit, determine a state of the driver as a driver carelessness situation when a result of the comparison is a preset numerical value or more, and generate and output a warning signal; and
an SCC association unit configured to forcedly drive an SCC function of the vehicle when a time for the driver carelessness situation determined by the carelessness situation determination unit elapses by a given time.