IP Library Granted Patent US 11,885,687
Granted Patent B2
US 11,885,687 · App. 17/239,449 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Vehicle elevated body temperature identification

Inventors: Richard Seoane (Goleta, CA); Thomas Herbert (Fenton, MI); Frank Judge (South Lyon, MI)
Assignee: VEONEER US, LLC
G01J5/0025G06V10/147G06V20/597G06V40/10G06V40/19H04N5/33G01J5/48G01J2005/0077
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Patent No.
US 11,885,687
App. No.
17/239,449
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-contact body temperature detection system of a vehicle includes: a thermography camera configured to generate an image of a user within a passenger cabin of the vehicle; a head detection module configured to determine a first area of the image including a head of the user; an eye detection module configured to determine a second area of the first area of the image including an eye of the user; a tear duct detection module configured to determine a third area of the second area of the image including a tear duct of the user; a temperature module configured to determine a body temperature of the user based on pixels of the third area of the image; and an indicator module configured to indicate whether the user has an elevated body temperature when the body temperature of the user is greater than a temperature threshold.

Claims (54)

1. A non-contact body temperature detection system of a vehicle, the system comprising:

a thermography camera configured to generate an image of a user within a passenger cabin of the vehicle;

a head detection module configured to determine a first area of the image including a head of the user;

an eye detection module configured to determine a second area within the first area of the image including an eye of the user;

a tear duct detection module configured to determine a third area within the second area of the image including a tear duct of the user;

a temperature module configured to determine a body temperature of the user based on pixels within the third area of the image,

wherein the temperature module is configured to:

determine a respective temperature for each pixel in the first area, the second area, and the third area; and

determine the body temperature based on the temperatures of the pixels, respectively;

an indicator module configured to indicate whether the user has an elevated body temperature when the body temperature of the user is greater than a temperature threshold; and

a threshold module configured to:

set the temperature threshold to a first predetermined temperature in response to a determination that the user is an adult; and

set the temperature threshold to a second predetermined temperature in response to a determination that the user is not an adult.

2. A non-contact body temperature detection system of a vehicle, the system comprising:

a thermography camera configured to generate an image of a user within a passenger cabin of the vehicle;

a head detection module configured to determine a first area of the image including a head of the user;

an eye detection module configured to determine a second area within the first area of the image including an eye of the user;

a tear duct detection module configured to determine a third area within the second area of the image including a tear duct of the user;

a temperature module configured to determine a body temperature of the user based on (a) a sum of temperatures of the pixels, respectively, of the third area of the image divided by (b) a total number of the pixels of the third area; and

an indicator module configured to indicate whether the user has an elevated body temperature when the body temperature of the user is greater than a temperature threshold.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the indicator module is configured to indicate that the user does not have an elevated body temperature when the body temperature of the user is less than the temperature threshold.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein the temperature module is configured to, in response to a determination by the eye detection module that eyes of the user are obstructed, determine the body temperature of the user based on pixels of a fourth area of the image.

5. The system of claim 2 wherein the threshold module is configured to determine whether the user is an adult based on at least one dimension of at least one of first area, the second area, and the third area.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the threshold module is configured to:

determine that the user is an adult when a number of pixels of the first area is greater than a predetermined value; and

determine that the user is not an adult when the number of pixels is less than the predetermined value.

7. The system of claim 2 wherein the threshold module is configured to determine whether the user is an adult based on a vertical location of a portion of one of the first area, the second area, and the third area.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the threshold module is configured to:

determine that the user is an adult when the vertical location is higher than a predetermined location; and

determine that the user is not an adult when the vertical location is less than the predetermined location.

9. The system of claim 2 wherein the temperature module is configured to set the body temperature based on an average of the temperatures of the pixels, respectively.

10. The system of claim 2 wherein the temperature module is configured to determine the temperatures of the pixels, respectively, using one of an equation and a lookup table that relates grayscales of pixels to temperatures.

11. The system of claim 2 wherein the thermography camera is a far infrared (IR) camera configured to generate the image with pixels in grayscale corresponding to temperature.

12. A non-contact body temperature detection method for a vehicle, the method comprising:

by a thermography camera, generating an image of a user within a passenger cabin of the vehicle;

determining a first area of the image including a head of the user;

determining a second area within the first area of the image including an eye of the user;

determining a third area within the second area of the image including a tear duct of the user;

determining a body temperature of the user based on pixels within the third area of the image including:

determining a respective temperature for each pixel in the first area, the second area, and the third area; and

determining the body temperature based on the temperatures of the pixels, respectively;

indicating whether the user has an elevated body temperature when the body temperature of the user is greater than a temperature threshold;

setting the temperature threshold to a first predetermined temperature in response to a determination that the user is an adult; and

setting the temperature threshold to a second predetermined temperature in response to a determination that the user is not an adult.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the indicating includes indicating that the user does not have an elevated body temperature when the body temperature of the user is less than the temperature threshold.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising, in response to a determination that eyes of the user are obstructed, determining the body temperature of the user based on pixels of a fourth area of the image.

15. The method of claim 12 further comprising determining whether the user is an adult based on at least one dimension of at least one of first area, the second area, and the third area.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising determining:

that the user is an adult when a number of pixels of the first area is greater than a predetermined value; and

that the user is not an adult when the number of pixels is less than the predetermined value.

17. The method of claim 12 further comprising determining whether the user is an adult based on a vertical location of a portion of one of the first area, the second area, and the third area.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

determining that the user is an adult when the vertical location is higher than a predetermined location; and

determining that the user is not an adult when the vertical location is less than the predetermined location.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 22, 2024
From: VEONEER US, LLC
To: MAGNA ELECTRONICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 066660/0953 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2022
From: VEONEER US, INC.
To: VEONEER US, LLC
Reel/Frame 060315/0886 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2021
From: SEOANE, RICHARD; HERBERT, THOMAS; JUDGE, FRANK
To: VEONEER US, INC.
Reel/Frame 056027/0738 →