Patent ID: 9129505
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A vehicle including a system for monitoring a driver of the vehicle during movement of the vehicle under control of the driver on a road, the vehicle comprising: an information obtaining system arranged within the vehicle and that obtains road-specific information about actions of a driver who drove at a first time on the same stretch of road as the vehicle is currently being driven by another driver at a second time after the first time; and a processor arranged within the vehicle and coupled to said information obtaining system, said processor analyzing the road-specific information obtained by said information obtaining system and movement of the vehicle resulting from actions of the driver currently driving the vehicle on the same stretch of road at the second time to determine, during movement of the vehicle on the same stretch of road at the second time and upon analysis of the movement of the vehicle resulting from the actions of the driver currently driving the vehicle at the second time relative to the obtained road-specific information, whether the driver currently driving the vehicle at the second time has lost the ability to continue to control the vehicle, the loss of the ability to continue to control the vehicle arising from the driver currently driving the vehicle at the second time falling asleep or otherwise being incapable of controlling the vehicle after initially having been awake or otherwise capable of controlling the vehicle.