Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130187847 | IN-CAR EYE CONTROL METHOD - An in-car eye control method is provided to monitor a car driver's eye movements, thereby allowing the driver to communicate with people outside the car or control in-car equipment. The in-car eye control device essentially includes an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the driver, an processing unit for performing operations on the image taken, an eye determination unit for monitoring the driver's eye movements and generating an eye control instruction, and a system operation unit for executing a system process according to the eye control instruction. Thus, the in-car eye control method provides a diversity of communication or control solutions. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188838 | ATTENTION DETECTION METHOD BASED ON DRIVER'S REFLEX ACTIONS - An attention detection method based on a driver's reflex actions is provided to monitor a driver's instantaneous reflex actions and thereby determine the driver's degree of attention. Basically, the attention detection apparatus provides a stimulus to the driver and then determines how the driver responds to the stimulus. The attention detection apparatus includes an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the driver, a processing unit for performing digital image processing on the image, a safety testing unit for issuing a safety test instruction, and a safety determination unit for performing value comparison and determination according to the characteristics of the image. If the image fails to meet the requirement of the safety test instruction, an alarm signal will be sent out to alert the driver. | 07-25-2013 |
20130257620 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DRIVER'S ATTENTION THROUGH INTERACTIVE VOICE QUESTIONING - The present invention provides a device and a method for detecting a driver's attention through interactive voice questioning, which are used to monitor a head action of the driver to determine an attention level of the driver, and mainly operate in a process of asking a question by the device, answering the question by the driver, and making a determination by the device. The device includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image of the driver, a processing unit configured to perform image digital processing on the image, a voice questioning unit configured to give a voice questioning instruction, and a safety determining unit configured to make a value comparison and a determination according to a feature of the image. An alert message will be given to warn the driver if the image fails to comply with requirements of the voice questioning instruction. | 10-03-2013 |
20130259460 | VEHICULAR EYE-CONTROLLED DEVICE HAVING ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE - A vehicular eye-controlled device having an illumination light source essentially includes a first body and a second body which are independent and separate. The first body has an electronic component disposed therein and required for operation and a photographic unit exposed therefrom for capturing an image of a driver. The second body is disposed in the vicinity of the first body and includes an illumination unit for providing illumination required for eye-controlled operation. The illumination unit and the photographic unit are separated by a distance of at least 5 cm. | 10-03-2013 |
20130321258 | TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BY USING EYE MOVEMENTS - A two-way communication system by using eye movements of the present invention comprises a first display module, a second display module and a data processing module. The first display module is configured to display first operative window interface and to detect the eye movements of the users to provide various operation and control. The second display module is configured to display user information, which allows the users to communicate with others immediately and conveniently. The data processing module is electrically connected with the first display module and the second display module, which responses each operation command and transmits the information. The first and second display modules can be adjusted freely for users' convenient review and operation. | 12-05-2013 |
20140062876 | EYE-CONTROLLED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An eye-controlled communication system comprises an eye controlled aid and a visiting aid. The eye controlled aid has an eye controlled module, a first display module and a first processing unit. The eye controlled module detects eye movements of patient, generates a control command based on the detected results and then transmits to the first processing unit. The first processing unit bases the control command to allow patient to operate the first operator interface by using eye movements. The first processing unit generate an execute command according to the operating results, and performs the execute command, wherein the execute command includes information of transmitting messages to the second processing unit. The second processing unit receives the execute command and performs the execute command. Thus, the system of the present invention can help patient to easily express himself or herself to his or her family members or friends. | 03-06-2014 |
20140078281 | DROWSINESS WARNING DEVICE - A drowsiness warning device includes a storage unit storing a drowsiness warning program, an image capturing unit, a processing unit and an output unit. The processing unit loads and processes the drowsiness warning program and the drowsiness warning program enables the processing unit to perform steps comprising: receiving a sequence of images captured by the image capturing unit; performing an image analyzing step to each of the images; performing a determining step based on results of the image analyzing step to determine if a driver is drowsy; and driving the output unit to create a warning message if the determining result shows that the driver is drowsy. The image analyzing step includes analyzing a degree of curvature of an upper eyelid in each of the images. | 03-20-2014 |
20140078284 | EYE SEARCHING METHOD AND EYE STATE DETECTION APPARATUS AND EYE SEARCHING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an eye searching method and an eye state detection apparatus and an eye searching apparatus using the same. The method comprises the steps of: defining each center point of two nostrils from a face image; computing a distance D between the two center points of the two nostrils and a midpoint between the two center points of the two nostrils; determining a reference point that has a horizontal distance k1×D and a vertical distance k2×D spaced apart from the midpoint, wherein k1=1.6˜1.8, k2=1.6˜1.8; and defining a rectangle around the reference point as its center, wherein the rectangle has a width and a length greater than the width, and the rectangle surrounds the eye of the face image. Accordingly, the present invention can quickly and accurately find out a certain part of the eye from the face image. | 03-20-2014 |
20140359521 | METHOD OF MOVING A CURSOR ON A SCREEN TO A CLICKABLE OBJECT AND A COMPUTER SYSTEM AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF - A method of moving a cursor on a screen to a clickable object, which comprises steps of receiving coordinates of a gaze point; obtaining information of a plurality of first clickable objects on the display image; searching a second clickable object that covers the gaze point from the first clickable objects; and moving the cursor to the found clickable object, wherein the coordinates of the gaze point corresponds to a point position of a display image on a screen where a user gazed. A computer system and a computer program for carrying out the aforementioned method are also disclosed. The present invention is to control the cursor on the screen to move quickly to the center of the clickable object, or to the clickable object whose center coordinates is closest to a point where user gazes, allowing user to enjoy the convenience of controlling the computer with their eyes. | 12-04-2014 |
20140368628 | WARNING METHOD FOR DRIVING VEHICLE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A warning method for driving a vehicle and an electronic apparatus for a vehicle are provided. An image sequence of a driver is successively captured by an image capturing unit. An ear side location region on a face object is detected in each image of the image sequence. And a moving trace of a target object is detected in each image of the image sequence. A reminding signal is sent when the moving trace moves toward the ear side location region. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369553 | METHOD FOR TRIGGERING SIGNAL AND IN-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A signal triggering method and an in-vehicle electronic apparatus are provided. A plurality of images of a driver is continuously captured by using an image capturing unit, and a face motion information or an eyes open-shut information is obtained by detecting a face motion or an eyes open/shut action of the driver through the images. When the face motion information or the eyes open-shut information matches a threshold information, a specific signal is triggered and transmitted to a specific device. | 12-18-2014 |
20140375808 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MONITORING A NUMBER OF PASSENGERS IN AN AUTOMOBILE - A monitor is utilized for installing inside an automobile to monitor a number of passengers in an automobile. The monitor includes an image capturing device, and a processing unit is connected to the image capturing device. The image capturing device successively captures a plurality of images in the automobile. The processing unit receives the images from the image capturing device to arrange an image sequence, wherein the processing unit includes an image dividing module, an image processing module, and a motion detecting module. The image dividing module divides each of the images into a plurality of recognition blocks, the image processing module compares the recognition blocks of consecutive images in the image sequence to acquire an image variance value, and the motion detecting module has a threshold value and determines the recognition blocks as a human-present condition when the image variance value surpasses the threshold value. | 12-25-2014 |
20140376772 | DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL BY DETECTING FACIAL MOVEMENT - A device for generating signal by detecting facial movement and operating method thereof is provided, which includes: an image capture unit, and a processing unit. The image capture unit for obtaining an image series. The processing unit receives the images series from the image capture unit, wherein the processing unit includes an image background removal module, an image extracting module, and a comparator, wherein the image background removing module processes each of the image series respectively to obtain a facial image, wherein the feature location module determines a location of a pair of nostrils in the facial image, defines a mouth searching frame, and acquires a data of mouth movements through the mouth searching frame, wherein the comparator compares the data of mouth movements with predetermined facial information, and generates a designated signal according to the comparison result. | 12-25-2014 |