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Improvements in and relating to displays
A method for controlling a display device to generate an image for viewing by a user on a display, the image being formed by three light components to be 5 displayed sequentially and having predetermined relative timings, the method comprising the steps: (i) receiving image data defining one or more light components of a feature to be displayed as an element in the image; (ii) receiving rate data indicative of a rate of change in orientation of the 10 display relative to a direction of gaze of an eye of the user; (iii) determining a position on the display for displaying each of the one or more light components of the feature including determining any respective adjustment required to a determined position for the light component, the respective adjustment according to the received rate data and the predetermined relative 15 timings; and (iv) outputting the determined position of each of the one or more light components to the display device for display of the light component at the respective determined position; and wherein the selected reference light component is the second light 20 component to be displayed of the three light components; wherein the second light component is selected as a reference light component such that, at step (iii), any said respective adjustment is determined using the timing of the light component relative to a timing of the selected reference light component, if different, and the selected reference light 25 component is the second light component to be displayed of the three light components; and the predetermined relative timings define equal time intervals between the times of display of the three light components.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=AU&NR=2022206781A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20220818&DB=&locale=en_EP

METHOD TO DETECT DRIVER READINESS FOR VEHICLE TAKEOVER REQUESTS
A monitoring system for determining driver readiness for takeover of vehicle control from an autonomous driving system is provided. The monitoring system may include an evaluation processor and a driver monitoring system. The evaluation processor may access driver data from the driver monitoring system. The driver monitoring system may include one or more driver monitoring sensors that capture attributes of the driver indicative of driver ability to take over vehicle control. The evaluation processor may prompt the driver for an affirmative confirmation of takeover in response to a takeover request from an autonomous driving system and the sensed attributes of the driver indicative of the driver being ready to take over vehicle control.

[0010] Level 2 and 3 semi-autonomous vehicles cannot drive in all conditions and scenarios and in certain circumstances require a driver takeover control of the vehicle. No current technology in the market addresses whether the driver is ready to take over and how to re-engage the driver sufficiently. The disclosed system determines if the driver is prepared and ready to take over based on inputs such as driver gaze, impairment, cognitive load, etc. A secondary confirmation could include a constantly changing system of tasks that the driver would be asked to perform to confirm that they are“back in the loop” and paying attention.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20220818&CC=US&NR=2022258771A1&KC=A1
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220258771.pdf

Sense, Solve, and Go: The Magic of the Waymo Driver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA_-MkU0Nfw
@2.12m / 2.34m

VEHICULAR DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM WITH CAMERA VIEW OPTIMIZATION
A vehicular occupant monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle. The camera includes an imaging array sensor and a lens. The lens is disposed at the imaging array sensor with a center axis of the lens vertically offset from a center region of the imaging array sensor. A center region of the lens is disposed at and images at a lower region of the imaging array sensor when the camera is disposed at the interior rearview mirror and an upper peripheral region of the lens images at the center region and a lower region of the imaging array sensor when the camera is disposed at the interior rearview mirror. The vehicular occupant monitoring system, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines presence of an occupant of the vehicle.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=2&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20220811&CC=US&NR=2022254132A1&KC=A1
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220254132.pdf

ENHANCED SENSOR OPERATION
A two-dimensional image of a vehicle occupant in a vehicle is collected. The collected two-dimensional image is input to a machine learning program trained to output one or more reference points of the vehicle occupant, each reference point being a landmark of the vehicle occupant. One or more reference points of the vehicle occupant in the two-dimensional image is output from the machine learning program. A location of the vehicle occupant in an interior of the vehicle is determined based on the one or more reference points. A vehicle component is actuated based on the determined location. For each of the one or more reference points, a similarity measure is determined between the reference point and a three-dimensional reference point, the similarity measure based on a distance between the reference point and the three-dimensional reference point.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=44&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20220811&CC=US&NR=2022256123A1&KC=A1
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220256123.pdf
https://patents.justia.com/patent/20220256123

Cabin Monitoring With Electrically Switched Polarization
Described herein is an imaging system (200) for imaging a scene. The system (200) includes a camera (106) having an image sensor for capturing images of the scene in both the visible and infrared wavelength ranges and at least one light source (108) configured to emit a beam of light to selectively illuminate the scene with infrared radiation during image capture by the camera (106). The system (200) also includes an electrically controllable filter (203) being configured to pass infrared wavelengths to the image sensor and selectively pass or filter visible light received at the image sensor based on a control signal.
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220252924.pdf
https://uspto.report/patent/app/20220252924#:~:text=SEEING%20MACHINES

VEHICLE CABIN INTERIOR MONITORING SYSTEM
Provided is a vehicle cabin interior monitoring system for issuing alerts inside a vehicle cabin as necessary while ascertaining the situation in the vehicle cabin interior. A vehicle cabin interior monitoring system 1 includes: a vehicle cabin information acquiring unit 10 for acquiring information relating to the vehicle cabin interior of a vehicle; an information processing unit 20 for processing the information obtained by the vehicle cabin information acquiring unit 10; an output unit 40 for performing output on the basis of the vehicle cabin interior situation ascertained by means of the processing performed by the information processing unit 20; and an output control unit 30 for controlling the output unit 40 on the basis of a determination made by the information processing unit 20. The vehicle cabin information acquiring unit 10 is equipped with an image information acquiring unit 11 for acquiring an image, and a biometric information acquiring unit 12 for acquiring biometric information relating to a person in the vehicle cabin interior, wherein the output control unit 30 uses the output unit 40 to issue an alert if the information processing unit 20 determines that an alert should be issued in relation to the situation in the vehicle cabin interior.

The image information acquisition unit 11 is a video camera capable of continuously acquiring images, and can acquire not only moving images but also still images. Further, the image information acquisition unit 11 may be configured to acquire not only visible light but also infrared light. With this configuration, the image information acquisition unit 11 acquires the direction of the face, the direction of the line of sight, the facial expression, and the like of the occupant in the vehicle interior.
The biological information acquisition unit 12 acquires the biological information of the occupant in a non-contact state with the occupant. The biological information here is, for example, heartbeat, pulse, pulsation, body movement, blood flow, blood pressure, pulse wave, brain wave, biological signal, biological information, health condition, physical condition, respiration, exhalation, inhalation, body temperature. , Vital, etc., which is biomedical information in a non-contact and measurable range. Further, the occupant who obtains the biological information is mainly the driver in the case of the present embodiment, but is not limited to the driver but also includes the passenger.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=7&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20220623&CC=WO&NR=2022131367A1&KC=A1
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/WO2022131367A1.pdf
https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2022131367A1/en?oq=WO2022131367

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180831005165/en/Global-Rear-view-Mirror-Market-2025-Key-Players

CABIN MONITORING SYSTEM
Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring a vehicle. The system includes a sensor of the vehicle configured to detect sensor data indicating a presence of an object, occupant, or pet within the vehicle. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle communicatively coupled to the sensor. The ECU is configured to determine whether the object, occupant, or pet is within the vehicle. The ECU is also configured to provide a notification to a user of the vehicle regarding the presence of the object, occupant, or pet within the vehicle.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2022242352A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20220804&DB=&locale=en_EP
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220242352.pdf

SALIENCY-BASED PRESENTATION OF OBJECTS IN AN IMAGE
A system for notifying a user of a vehicle includes a receiving module configured to receive detection data related to an environment around the vehicle, the detection data including an image of at least a portion of the environment. The system also includes an analysis module configured to detect an object in the image and determine a level of salience of the object to the user, an image enhancement module configured to apply one or more saliency features to a region of the image corresponding to the object, the one or more saliency features including an adjustment to an image attribute in the region, the adjustment based on the level of salience and configured to draw attention of the user to the region without occluding the region, and a display module configured to present a display including the image and the one or more saliency features to the user.

[0044] The vehicle 10 and the system 18 also include an on-board computer system 30 that includes one or more processing devices 32 and a user interface 34. The user interface 34 may include a touchscreen, a speech recognition system and/or various buttons for allowing a user to interact with features of the vehicle. The user interface 34 may be configured to interact with the user via visual communications (e.g., text and/or graphical displays), tactile communications or alerts (e.g., vibration), and/or audible communications. The on-board computer system 30 may also include or communicate with devices for monitoring the user, such as interior cameras and image analysis components. Such devices may be incorporated into a driver monitoring system (DMS).

[0045] In addition to the user interface 34, the vehicle 10 may include other types of displays and/or other devices that can interact with and/or impart information to a user. For example, in addition to, or alternatively, the vehicle 10 may include a display screen (e.g., a full display mirror or FDM) incorporated into a rearview mirror 36 and/or one or more side mirrors 38. In one embodiment, the vehicle 10 includes one or more heads up displays (HUDs). Other devices that may be incorporated include indicator lights, haptic devices, interior lights, auditory communication devices, and others.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=18&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20220804&CC=US&NR=2022242433A1&KC=A1
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220242433.pdf

VEHICULAR DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM WITH POSTURE DETECTION AND ALERT
A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera disposed in a cabin of a vehicle and viewing a driver operating of the vehicle. The camera captures image data and provides captured image data to an electronic control unit (ECU). The vehicular driver monitoring system, via processing captured image data at the ECU, determines posture of the driver operating the vehicle. Responsive to the determined posture of the driver being indicative of at least a threshold degree of improper posture, the vehicular driver monitoring system generates an alert to the driver that the driver has improper posture.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2022242438A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20220804&DB=&locale=en_EP
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220242438.pdf
https://patents.justia.com/patent/20220242438

I'm the passenger.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/world-economic-forum-calls-reduce-private-vehicles-by-eliminating-ownership

Driver Monitoring System (dms) Data Management
Techniques are disclosed to address issues related to the use of personalized training data to supplement machine learning trained models for Driver Monitoring System (DMS), and the accompanying mechanisms to maintain confidentiality of this personalized training data. The techniques disclosed herein also address issues related to maintaining transparency with respect to collected sensor data used in a DMS. Additionally, the techniques disclosed herein facilitate the generation of a digital representation of a driver for use as supplemental training data for the DMS machine learning trained models, which allow for DMS algorithms to be tailored to individual users.

[0033] The evolution of DMS space is astonishing. Since its introduction to the market in 2006, the capabilities offered by these systems to improve the safety aspects of driving tasks have been expanded towards enabling full automation of the driving experience. To feed this evolution, manufacturers have been continuously expanding the instrumentation and collection of sensor data from the driver cabin environment, and using algorithms to process the collected sensor data to provide more functionality to the driver. Thus, it is common to have a camera capturing driver/passenger behavior, a microphone listening to what vehicle occupants are saying or the used tone, and algorithms that process audio and/or visual data streams in real time. More recently, research on how to monitor a driver's heart beat for use with a DMS has been implemented to provide additional use cases and functionality (e.g. to bring the car to a controlled stop in case of a sudden emergency with the driver's health).
https://uspto.report/patent/app/20210403004#:~:text=Occupant%20Monitoring
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20210403004.pdf

VEHICULAR DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE DISPLAY
A vehicular driver assist system includes a sensor disposed at a vehicle and a display disposed at the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes a processor for processing sensor data captured by the sensor to detect presence of objects in the field of view of the sensor. The vehicular driver assist system, responsive to processing by the processor of sensor data captured by the sensor, determines presence of a driver of the vehicle and determines a position of the driver's head. The vehicular driver assist system, responsive to determining the position of the driver's head, adjusts an orientation of the display based on the determined position of the driver's head to increase visibility of the display for the driver.

[0020] Referring now to FIG. 2, implementations herein include a driver assist or driving assist system 12 that includes multiple digital display adjustments to increase driver or operator comfort. As technology advances, new features are being incorporated into vehicles, such as digital displays, touch displays, driver monitoring systems, cabin monitoring systems, etc. The driver assist system 12 utilizes these technologies in combination to provide additional comfort features to the driver and/or passengers. The system uses a driver monitoring system (DMS) and/or occupant monitoring system (OMS) along with face tracking and/or eye gaze angle tracking inputs to automatically adjust display view position of displays (e.g., head-up displays 28, cluster displays 30, infotainment/center console displays 32, rear view mirror displays 34, etc.) in the vehicle for a better viewing experience for the occupant(s). The system may improve comfort for the driver or operator of the vehicle. Additionally or alternatively, the system may improve comfort for other occupants of the vehicle.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=18&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20220721&CC=US&NR=2022230456A1&KC=A1
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220230456.pdf

S2020 Thanks for reposting the Investor Update – June 2022. I imagine if you put an office in the Netherlands and you find your "picking up traction with bus and truck manufacturers" (@1.16-1.44) https://seeingmachines.com/video/investor-update-june-2022/ then one could assume Paul is possibly referring to DAF and VDL amongst others "who are looking to enable vehicles ahead of EU legislation".

Assessing cognitive reaction to over-the-air updates
Techniques for determining a cognitive reaction to a software application update include determining that a software application executing on a computing device has been modified into an updated software application; acquiring, via at least one sensor, sensor data associated with a user of the updated software and determining, based on the sensor data, at least one of a cognitive workload and an emotional state associated with a user interaction with a feature of the updated software application.
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/11385884.pdf
https://uspto.report/patent/grant/11,385,884#:~:text=alertness

REMINDER;

What is this @ 00.39s on Emirates Simulator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwMdFclUdy8&t=168s

https://www.intotheblue.co.uk/experiences/emirates-aviation-experience/

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SKIN DETECTION IN IMAGES
Described herein is a subject monitoring system (100). The system (100) includes a near infrared illumination source (108) configured to illuminate a scene with infrared light having a spatial beam characteristic to generate a spatial pattern and an image sensor (106) configured to capture one or more images of the scene when illuminated by the illumination source (108). System (100) also includes a processor (112) configured to process the captured one or more images by determining a degree of presence or modification of the spatial pattern by objects in the scene within pixel sub-regions of an image. Processor (112) also classifies one or more pixel sub-regions of the image as including human skin or other material based on the degree of modification of the spatial pattern identified in that pixel sub- region.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20220721&CC=WO&NR=2022150874A1&KC=A1
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/WO2022150874A1.pdf

Flight Crew Fatigue And Controlled Rest Management System
Described herein is a pilot monitoring system (100) including a camera (106) configured to capture a plurality of digital images of an aircraft (104) ****pit including one or both of a pilot (102) and a co-pilot (103) and a processor (114) configured to process the captured images. The images are processed to determine an alertness state of the pilot (102) and/or the co-pilot (103) during operation of the aircraft (104) based on detected facial features of the pilot (102) and/or co-pilot (103) in the images. Processor (114) receives information indicative of a current phase of flight of the aircraft and displays a visualisation of the alertness level and/or determines a suitability of a controlled rest period for the pilot (102) or co-pilot (103) based on the alertness state of the pilot and (102)/or the co-pilot (103) and the current phase of flight. An alert is issued alert to the pilot (102) and/or co-pilot (103) including a determination of a suitability of a controlled rest period for either the pilot (102) or co-pilot (103).
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=1&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20220721&CC=US&NR=2022230522A1&KC=A1
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220230522.pdf

RIDESHARING AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEMS WITH MITIGATION OF RIDE-RELATED PHOBIAS
A ride-share system of other vehicle system employs a profile database having a plurality of user phobia profiles for potential customers. Each of the user phobia profiles identifies one or more respective phobia groups pertaining to a respective user, wherein each phobia group associates a plurality of driving-related phobias which share at least one trigger condition or at least one countermeasure. A vehicle controller is coupled to the profile database which determines a default itinerary for a trip to a destination specified by one of the users. The vehicle controller evaluates the default itinerary for potential interaction with a respective phobia group identified by the phobia profile of the one of the users. The vehicle controller implements an alternate itinerary that mitigates the potential interaction.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=17&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20220714&CC=US&NR=2022219710A1&KC=A1
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220219710.pdf
https://patents.justia.com/patent/20220219710

VEHICULAR CABIN MONITORING CAMERA SYSTEM WITH DUAL FUNCTION
A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing at least a head region of a driver of the vehicle. Image data captured by the camera is provided to an electronic control unit (ECU) and is processed at the ECU for determining attentiveness of the driver. The vehicular driver monitoring system, responsive to selection by the driver of a video-conference function, initiates a video conference telecommunication whereby video image data derived from the provided captured image data is wirelessly communicated to an external receiver that is located remote from the vehicle for viewing by another person communicating with the driver of the vehicle via the external receiver. Communication data generated at the external receiver is wirelessly communicated to the vehicular driver monitoring system.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2022219610A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20220714&DB=&locale=en_EP
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20220219610.pdf
https://patents.justia.com/patent/20220219610