IP Library Granted Patent US 8,816,836
Granted Patent B2
US 8,816,836 · App. 13/305,211 · Granted Aug 26, 2014

Safe operation apparatus and method for moving object

Inventors: Byung-Gil Lee (Daejeon, KR); Hyung Kyu Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
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Patent No.
US 8,816,836
App. No.
13/305,211
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A safe operation apparatus for a moving object includes: a distraction detection unit for detecting distraction information of a user operating a moving object; a controller for collecting the distraction information from the distraction detection unit, calculating a user's distraction state value, and controlling the moving object to be automatically operated or warning of the distraction state based on the distraction state value; and an automatic operation unit for automatically operating the moving object under the control of the controller. The apparatus further includes a communication unit for transmitting the user's distraction state to a remote control center or an adjacent different moving object under the control of the controller.

Claims (29)

1. A safe operation apparatus of a moving object comprising:

a distraction detection unit to detect distraction information including measured state of a user in operating a moving object;

a controller to calculate a degree of a user's distraction state value when determining the distraction information is included in reference ranges, and control the moving object to be automatically operated when the degree of the user's distraction state value is within a first of the reference ranges, and issue warning when the degree of the user's distraction state value is outside the first of the reference ranges and within a second of the reference ranges;

an automatic operation unit to automatically operate the moving object under the control of the controller; and

a communication unit to transmit the degree of the user's distraction state to a remote control center or an adjacent different moving object under the control of the controller,

wherein when the distraction state value is included in the first of the reference ranges indicating an instantaneous urgent situation, the controller changes an operation mode of the moving object into an automatic operation mode,

wherein when the distraction state value is included in the second of the reference ranges indicating a continuous urgent situation, the controller issues an alarm to reveal the user's distraction state to the user, and

wherein when the distraction state value is included in the second of the reference ranges indicating a continuous urgent situation, the controller transmits the user's distraction state to a remote control center.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller issues an alarm as a voice or warning sound regarding the user's distraction state through a speaker provided in the moving object.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the distraction state value is included in the second of the reference ranges indicating a continuous urgent situation, the controller transmits the user's distraction state to a different moving object within a preset adjacent area.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the distraction detection unit includes sensors of an intelligent camera, thermal imaging camera and a brain wave measuring device for detecting motion or sleepiness of user.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the distraction detection unit includes an intelligent camera installed in front of the user for detecting a user's motion.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mobile object includes at least one of an airplane, a ship, and a vehicle.

7. A safe operation method of a moving object comprising:

detecting distraction information including measured state of a user who operates a moving object by a distraction detection unit;

calculating a degree of a user's distraction state value when determining the distraction information is included in reference ranges; and

controlling an operation of the moving object based on the degree of user's distraction state value, and

wherein the controlling causes the moving object to be automatically operated when the degree of the user's distraction state value is within a first of the reference ranges, and issues warning when the degree of the user's distraction state value is outside the first of the reference ranges and within a second of the reference ranges,

wherein, in said controlling an operation of the moving object, when the distraction state value is included in the first of the reference ranges indicating an instantaneous urgent situation, an operation mode of the moving object is changed into an automatic operation mode,

wherein, in said controlling an operation of the moving object, when the distraction state value is included in the second of the reference ranges indicating a continuous urgent situation, an alarm is issued to reveal the user's distraction state to the user, and

wherein, in said controlling an operation of the moving object, when the distraction state value is included in the second of the reference ranges indicating a continuous urgent situation, the user's distraction state is transmitted to a remote control center.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein an alarm is issued as a voice or warning sound through a speaker provided in the moving object.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein, in said controlling an operation of the moving object, when the distraction state value is included in the second of the reference ranges indicating a continuous urgent situation, the user's distraction state is transmitted to a different moving object within a preset adjacent area.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the distraction detection unit includes sensors of an intelligent camera, thermal imaging camera and a brain wave measuring device for detecting motion or sleepiness of user.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the distraction

detection unit includes an intelligent camera installed in front of the user for detecting a user's motion.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the distraction detection unit includes a thermal imaging camera installed in front of the user for detecting the driver's motion.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the mobile object includes at least one of an airplane, a ship, and a vehicle.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first of the reference ranges and the second of the reference ranges combine different items of the distraction information collected via the detection unit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2016
From: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Reel/Frame 037649/0985 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2011
From: LEE, BYUNG-GIL; LEE, HYUNG KYU
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 027295/0989 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0119915 · Nov 29, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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