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COGNITIVE BATTERY FOR RETURN TO SERVICE
A computerized system for recognizing the need for cognitive tests due to a physiological event and administering such tests includes a plurality of biometric monitoring devices and a pilot input device. When a physiological event is identified, the system selects an appropriate battery of tests and automatically administers those tests. The system offers the opportunity to automate pilot evaluation for single pilot operations, and to reduce the burden on a co-pilot. The cognitive tests may be specific to the physiological event, and may be compared to a pilot-specific profile when evaluating the results
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220386916.pdf

PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL METHODS TO ASSESS PILOT READINESS
A system and method for automatically assessing pilot readiness via a plurality of biometric sensors includes continuously receiving biometric data including vision-based data; the biometric vision-based data is compared to a task specific set of movements and facial expressions as defined by known anchor points. A deviation is calculated based on the vision-based data and task specific set of movements and expressions, and the deviation is compared to an acceptable threshold for pilot readiness. Other biometric data may be included to refine the readiness assessment.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220386915.pdf

VEHICLE OPERATOR MONITORING SYSTEM WITH SMART ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND DISENGAGEMENT
An operator safety system (OSS) monitors the physiological well-being of an aircraft pilot or vehicle operator, and has engaged and disengaged operational states (the engaged state associated with active monitoring). The OSS includes a smart engage/disengage system incorporating presence sensors (e.g., visual, seat-based) installed in the ****pit or control area of the vehicle. When the presence sensors determine that the pilot/operator is no longer present in their seat but the OSS is still engaged, the OSS prompts the operator to disengage the OSS (e.g., via single-touch display interface or remotely to a mobile device). When the presence sensors determine that the operator is present or seated, but the OSS is disengaged, the OSS prompts the operator to re-engage the OSS.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220388677.pdf

DETECTING ANOMALOUS BEHAVIORS WITHIN AIRCRAFT CONTEXT
A pilot may be more stressed during take-off or landing, which is not abnormal. Physiological data of the pilot may be received. Placing the physiological data in context of the current situation may be advantageous in detecting anomalous behaviors of the pilot. A system and method are described. The system and method receive a stream of images from a camera and detect whether the pilot is exhibiting anomalous behavior. The anomalous behavior is further put into context based on the flight state and various avionics information.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220392237.pdf

PILOT SAFETY SYSTEM WITH CONTEXT-SENSITIVE SCAN PATTERN MONITORING AND ALERTING
An aircraft-based pilot safety system (PSS) includes cameras or other gaze sensors fixed at an aircraft pilot and configured to capture an image stream focused on the pilot's eyes. The gaze sensors continually assess the gaze direction of the pilot (e.g., toward a display, instrument panel, and/or indicator within the ****pit that the pilot is currently looking at or focusing on) and thereby can establish when the pilot is executing a scan pattern and if that scan pattern is nominal for the current flight context by comparing the scan pattern to context-specific reference scan patterns. If, for example, the pilot's gaze deviates from where it should be (e.g., as determined by the current flight segment) or the current scan pattern is interrupted, the system may prompt the pilot to redirect their gaze or resume the scan pattern.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220392261.pdf

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT'S ATTENTION
Systems and methods for guiding a vehicle occupant's attention are disclosed herein. One embodiment selects automatically a particular region of an environment external to a vehicle and guides an occupant of the vehicle to look at the particular region by automatically adjusting the transparency of one or more windows of the vehicle such that a first portion of the one or more windows through which the occupant is able to see the particular region is more transparent than a second portion of the one or more windows that is adjacent to the first portion.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2022379690A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20221201&DB=&locale=en_EP
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220379690.pdf
https://patents.justia.com/patent/20220379690

Veoneer in Romania.

Glimpses from 'Workshop Industry 4.0 at The International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications' (#ISETC) – where our Romanian colleagues presented automotive trends and Veoneer's product portfolio to conference participants and students of the Electronics and Telecommunications University of Timisoara.
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING DRIVER ATTENTION AWARENESS
Systems and methods for improving driver attention awareness are disclosed herein. One embodiment monitors the attention status of the driver of a vehicle; detects, based on the monitoring, the commencement of a distracted-driving incident; records, during the distracted-driving incident, information pertaining to the distracted-driving incident; detects, based on the monitoring, the end of the distracted-driving incident; and reports, at the earliest opportunity after the end of the distracted-driving incident and prior to the conclusion of the current trip, the information to the driver.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2022363266A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20221117&DB=&locale=en_EP
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220371394.pdf

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING A PROBABILITY OF TRANSMITTING PATHOGENS IN A VEHICLE
A method and a system for reducing a probability of transmitting pathogens between vehicle occupants located in an interior of a vehicle is disclosed. A hazardous situation present in a vehicle interior of the vehicle is recognized, which is associated with an elevated probability of transmitting pathogens, namely by registering a vehicle occupant-related event associated with the elevated probability of transmitting pathogens, and/or by registering a current pathogen load in the vehicle interior, and/or on the basis of an instruction provided by a vehicle occupant or externally, from which the elevated probability of transmitting pathogens and thus the hazardous situation can be concluded. In the event of a recognized hazardous situation, a measured for reducing the probability of transmitting pathogens in the vehicle interior is initiated.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=6&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20221124&CC=US&NR=2022371394A1&KC=A1
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220371394.pdf

VEHICULAR INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH VIDEO MIRROR DISPLAY AND VRLC STACK
A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting structure and a mirror head pivotally mounted at the mounting structure via a pivot joint. The mirror head includes a mirror casing and a display and mirror assembly, which includes a frame portion, a video display screen at a front side of the frame portion, and a mirror reflective element at a front side of the video mirror display screen. The mirror reflective element includes a variable reflectivity liquid crystal (VRLC) stack of layers, which have a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed between a rear glass substrate and a front glass substrate. The front and rear glass substrates are integrated in the VRLC stack of layers. With the mounting structure mounted at an interior portion of a vehicle, the video display screen is operable to display video images derived from video images provided by an ECU of the vehicle.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220371513.pdf

VEHICULAR DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM WITH CAMERA VIEW OPTIMIZATION
A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular driver monitoring system, an electronic control unit (ECU) with an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera. The camera includes an imaging array sensor and a lens and the camera is adjustable by at least one of (i) adjusting a position of the imaging array sensor relative to the lens and (ii) adjusting a position of the lens relative to the imaging array sensor. The system, responsive to processing at the ECU of image data captured by the camera, monitors a body portion of a driver of the vehicle and adjusts the camera to adjust the position of where the monitored body portion of the driver is imaged at the imaging array sensor.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220377219.pdf

HIGH PERFORMANCE BRIGHT PUPIL EYE TRACKING
Described herein is a method (800) and system for controlling one or more illumination devices in an eye tracker system (100) such that a measured pupil/iris contrast exceeds a predefined minimum pupil/iris contrast. The method (100) includes: a. capturing images of a subject (102), including one or both of the subject's eyes, during predefined image capture periods; b. illuminating, from one or more illumination devices (108 and 110), one or both of the subject's eyes during the predefined image capture periods, wherein at least one illumination device (108 and 110) is located sufficiently close to a lens of the camera to generate bright pupil effects; and c. selectively varying the output power of at least one of the illumination devices (108 and 110) to generate a bright pupil reflection intensity such that a measured pupil/iris contrast in a captured image exceeds a predefined minimum pupil/iris contrast.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220377223.pdf

An augmented reality system for interacting with a management system of a watercraft
Some previously proposed watercraft management systems are difficult for a user to efficiently and effectively interact with the management system. Disclosed herein is an arrangement comprising a management system for use in managing functionality associated with a watercraft. The management system comprises a combat management system. The management system further comprises an augmented reality system arranged to interact with the management system. At least a part of the augmented reality system is arranged to be wearable by a user of the watercraft to provide augmented reality image data to the user based on the interaction between the augmented reality system and the management system. Wherein, in relation to any external craft or item, the augmented reality system is adapted to display: image data comprising additional information relating to the external craft or item, adjacent to, or around, a direct line of sight to the external craft or item only in response to the user’s view being centered on the external craft or item; and image data comprising an icon relating to the external craft or item, in front of the external craft or item in the direct line of sight only in response to the user’s view not being centered on the external craft or item.
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CIRCULAR LIGHT ELEMENT FOR ILLUMINATION OF CORNEA IN HEAD MOUNTED EYE-TRACKING
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VEHICULAR DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM WITH DRIVER MONITORING CAMERA AND NEAR IR LIGHT EMITTER AT INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY
A vehicular driver monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a driver monitoring camera and first and second near-infrared light emitting elements accommodated by a mirror head. The light emitting elements are oriented at the mirror head so that (i) a beam of light emitted by the first light emitting element would be directed toward a driver's region of a left hand drive vehicle if the mirror assembly were installed in the LHD vehicle, and (ii) a beam of light emitted by the second light emitting element would be directed toward a driver's region of a right hand drive vehicle if the mirror assembly were installed in the RHD vehicle. The system enables and/or operates the first or second light emitting element for a driver monitoring function responsive to indication that the mirror assembly is installed or will be installed in a LHD vehicle or a RHD vehicle.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/WO2022241423A1.pdf
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/WO2022241423A1.pdf

VEHICULAR DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH A-PILLAR DISPLAY
A vehicular vision system includes an A-pillar display device disposed at an interior A-pillar region of a vehicle, a blind spot camera, and a driver monitoring camera. The blind spot camera at least partially views an A-pillar blind spot region forward and sideward of the vehicle. An ECU receives image data captured by the blind spot camera. The A-pillar display device displays A-pillar blind spot video images derived from video image signals provided from the ECU. The ECU receives and processes image data captured by the driver monitoring camera to determine a gaze direction of the driver. Responsive to the determined gaze direction being toward the A-pillar blind spot region, the ECU provides video image signals derived from image data captured by the blind spot camera to the A-pillar display device. The A-pillar display device displays A-pillar blind spot video images derived from the received video image signals.

As mentioned above, the vehicle may also be equipped with a driver monitoring system (DMS) which tracks the driver's eye and head position, calculating a driver's gaze or the vector at which they are looking. The DMS includes a driver monitoring camera 18 disposed at an interior portion of the vehicle and having a field of view that includes at least a head region of a driver of the vehicle. The DMS camera 18 may be utilized to monitor the driver of the vehicle (such as for safety systems of the vehicle), to provide video calling capabilities, or for any suitable function. By processing image data captured by the DMS camera 18 at the ECU 16, the vision system 12 may be capable of tracking the driver's eye and head movements to determine, for example, a gaze direction of the driver, whether the driver is looking at the road (and optionally where the driver is looking on the road), whether the driver is viewing one of the rearview mirrors of the vehicle, an attention level of the driver, and/or whether the driver is looking elsewhere in the interior of the vehicle or exterior the vehicle. Furthermore, by processing the image data captured by the DMS camera 18, the system 12 may determine whether the gaze direction of the driver is toward a blind spot region (and optionally where in the blind spot region the driver is attempting to view). Although shown as disposed at the interior rearview mirror 20 of the vehicle, the DMS camera 18 and ECU 16 of the vision system 12 may be disposed elsewhere in the vehicle, such as at a windshield-mounted electronics module or the like.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220363194.pdf
https://patents.justia.com/patent/20220363194

METHOD FOR VEHICLE EYE TRACKING SYSTEM
A method for vehicle eye tracking is described. The method includes capturing sensor data based on eye tracking of a vehicle operator. The method also includes identifying sensor data associated with an external environment of a vehicle within the captured sensor data. The method further includes filtering out a sensor data associated with the external environment from the captured sensor data to provide an internal vehicle sensor data. The method also includes controlling a vehicle interface based on the internal vehicle sensor data.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220365593.pdf
https://patents.justia.com/patent/20220365593

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING DRIVER ATTENTION AWARENESS
Systems and methods for improving driver attention awareness are disclosed herein. One embodiment monitors the attention status of the driver of a vehicle; detects, based on the monitoring, the commencement of a distracted-driving incident; records, during the distracted-driving incident, information pertaining to the distracted-driving incident; detects, based on the monitoring, the end of the distracted-driving incident; and reports, at the earliest opportunity after the end of the distracted-driving incident and prior to the conclusion of the current trip, the information to the driver.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220363266.pdf

DETECTING DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF VEHICLES
Systems and methods for determining whether a vehicle is driving in an unsafe or unsatisfactory manner are disclosed. In some implementations, a system may determine one or more driving scores for a vehicle based on observations of a driving behavior of the vehicle during a time period. The system may generate an indication of unsatisfactory driving based on at least one of the one or more driving scores exceeding a threshold value. The system may provide the indication of unsatisfactory driving to one or more entities. In some aspects, the system may identify one or more dangerous driving attributes exhibited by the vehicle during the time period based on the observations received from the one or more devices. The system may also generate the indication of unsatisfactory driving based at least in part on the identified dangerous driving attributes.

27)In some other implementations, the system may include means for identifying one or more dangerous driving attributes exhibited by the vehicle during the time period based on the observations received from the one or more devices. The system may also include means for generating the indication of unsatisfactory driving based at least in part on the identified dangerous driving attributes. In some instances, the indication of unsatisfactory driving may be generated only if the one or more dangerous driving attributes identified during the time period exceeds a threshold number by more than an amount or percentage. The one or more dangerous driving attributes may include (but are not limited to) braking more than a number of instances, swerving within a lane, changing lanes more than a second number of instances, crossing multiple lane boundaries, flashing headlights at another vehicle, tailgating another vehicle, driving the vehicle less than a distance from another vehicle, or an inattentiveness of a human driver of the vehicle.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220355802.pdf
https://patents.justia.com/patent/20220355802

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF MOBILE DEVICE USE BY A VEHICLE DRIVER
Described herein is a method (1000) of detecting mobile device (400) use of a driver (102) of a vehicle (104). The method (1000) comprises the step (1001) of receiving a sequence of images of at least the driver's head captured from a camera (106, 420). At step (1002), the sequence of images are processed to determine visual attention of the driver (102) based on detected head and/or eye movements of the driver (102) over a period of time. At step (1003), mobile device use events are detected within the period of time in which a user interacts with the mobile device (400) that is located within the vehicle (104). At step (1004), a temporal correlation of the visual attention of the driver (102) with the mobile device use events is determined over the period of time. At step (1005), a determination is made that the driver (102) is using the mobile device (400) if the determined temporal correlation is greater than a threshold correlation coefficient.
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https://www.freepatentsonline.com/WO2022232875A1.pdf

VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHT ACTIVE FOCUS
A plurality of light sources are mounted in a vehicular passenger cabin. Each light source illuminates a respective illumination zone with a midpoint. Each light source is configured to illuminate at a plurality of brightness levels up to a full brightness. A gaze tracker monitors an occupant cabin to detect a gaze point. A controller responds to an illumination request from the occupant to actuate at least two light sources to illuminate the passenger cabin at the gaze point. The controller uses the gaze point to select a respective brightness level for each light source based on a proximity of the gaze point to respective midpoints of the illumination zones. At least a first one of the actuated light sources with a midpoint closer to the gaze point provides a higher brightness level than a second one of the actuated light sources with a midpoint farther from the gaze point.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/inpadocPatentFamily?CC=US&NR=2022346207A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20221027&DB=&locale=en_EP
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220346207.pdf