Patent ID: 8144002

Claim:
An alarm system of a vehicle comprising: (a) an eye gaze direction detecting part which determines a vehicle driver's field of view by analyzing facial images of a driver of the vehicle pictured by using a camera equipped in the vehicle; (b) an obstacle detecting device which detects the presence of an obstacle in the direction unobserved by the driver using a radar equipped in the vehicle, the direction of which radar is set up in the direction not attended by the driver on the basis of data detected by the eye gaze monitor; and (c) an alarm controlling part which determines whether to make an alarm in case an obstacle is detected by the obstacle detecting device, wherein the alarm controlling part calculates, in case the alarm controlling part determines the alarm to be released, the level of danger by the obstacle by inputting into the program at least two of the data selected from the group consisting of (i) the time driven by the driver without front view targets awareness, (ii) the estimated time for the vehicle to collide with the obstacle, (iii) the distance and direction of the obstacle from and with respect to the vehicle, and (iv) the speeds and moving directions of the vehicle and the obstacle, sets up the type of alarm to be released in response to the calculated level of danger, and releases the alarm, and the level of danger is assigned in the order of from the greatest level to the lowest as level 3 level 2 and level I, wherein, for level 3, a warning flare against the driving without front view targets awareness is lighted concurrently with the issuance of a honk honkat the sound pressure of 60-100 dBSPL, wherein for level 2, a warning flare against the driving without front view targets awareness is lighted concurrently with the issuance of a honk honkat the sound pressure of 30-70 dBSPL, wherein for level I, a warning flare against the driving without front view targets awareness is lighted or a honk is released honkat the sound pressure of 30-70 dBSPL.