Patent ID: 9311544
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: B60K,B60R,B60W,G06K,G06Q,G07C,H04M,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A system for use in a vehicle to reduce traffic accidents, comprising: (a) a camera adapted for installation in a vehicle aimed at a typical location of a driver; (b) coupled to the camera, an image processor circuit that identifies human eyes, records a usual appearance of eyes of a driver in an eyes-on-the-road position, and determines when the eyes are diverted to a position other than the eyes-on-the-road position by determining ellipticity of dark parts of eyes contrasted with surrounding whites of eyes; (c) coupled to the image processor circuit, a radio communications circuit with an antenna adapted for communications to a wide area radio network; (d) coupled to the radio communications circuit, a speed determining circuit that determines speed of movement of the vehicle; and (e) means for the components to report to a server across the wide area radio network data regarding incidents of eyes-off-the-road by the driver while the vehicle is moving faster than a threshold.