Patent SG-11201905370Y-A (SG)
Title: Maintaining occupant awareness in vehicles
Inventor: VON NOVAK WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2017-12-06
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 09 August 2018 (09.08.2018) WIPO I PCT omit VIII °nolo Homo IH 01110111110 oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/144130 Al (51) International Patent Classification: GO6Q 10/00 (2012.01) GO5D 1/00 (2006.01) GOOK 9/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/064866 (22) International Filing Date: 06 December 2017 (06.12.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 15/423,994 03 February 2017 (03.02.2017) US (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US). (72) Inventors: VON NOVAK, William Henry; 5775 More- house Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US). SEZAN, Muhammed Ibrahim; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US). MAJUMDAR,S omdeb ; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US). (74) Agent: GAGE, Matthew K.; Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A., 1625 Radio Drive, Suite 100, Woodbury, Minnesota 55125 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (54) Title: MAINTAINING OCCUPANT AWARENESS IN VEHICLES FIG. 7 ( 120 ASSUME AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OF OPERATION OF VEHICLE ( 122 DETERMINE LOCATION AT WHICH OCCUPANT IS GAZING r124 GENERATE CONTEXTUAL IMAGE CAPABLE OF ASSISTING OCCUPANT IN MAINTAINING AWARENESS OF OPERATING CONTEXT r126 PRESENT THE CONTEXTUAL IMAGES PROXIMATE TO THE DETERMINED POSITION WITHIN THE CABIN OF VEHICLE 10 r128 TRANSFER CONTROL OF OPERATION OF VEHICLE TO OCCUPANT (57) : In general, techniques are described for maintaining occupant awareness in vehicles. A device configured to maintain CZ occupant awareness in a vehicle comprising: a processor and a display may be configured to perform the techniques. The processor may determine a location at which an occupant is gazing, and generate, when the determined location indicates that the occupant is not focused on a direction in which the vehicle is traveling, one or more contextual images capable of assisting the occupant in maintaining awareness of a context in which the vehicle is currently operating. The display may present, based on the determined location, the one or more contextual images proximate to the determined position within the cabin of the vehicle to assist the occupant in assuming control 00 of the vehicle when the vehicle is no longer able to autonomously control the operation of the vehicle. CZ C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/144130 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMMEEIVOIDOMMEHOIS SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))