Patent ID: 9682711
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61B,B60K,B60W

Claim:
1. An apparatus for controlling a vehicle based on detecting a driver status, the apparatus comprising: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire driver status information that comprises signals indicative of heart conditions of a driver while the driver is driving the vehicle; and at least one processor configured to perform at least one predetermined processing of the signals and further configured to determine whether the driver is in an abnormal condition at least based on results of the at least one predetermined processing of the signals; wherein the at least one processor is further configured to perform an emergency control routine for a forced stop of the vehicle via a steering control, a transmission control and a brake control against the driver's control of the vehicle when it is determined that the driver is in an abnormal condition while driving, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine a driver status utilizing the driver's brainwave information from an EEG sensor, wherein determining the driver status comprises computing a brainwave load using the following equation: wherein W