DRIVER DISTRACTION DETERMINATION

• Main Authors: OLSSON, Claes, GONZALEZ PINTOR, Sebastian, BRÄNNLUND, Olle
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.10.2020
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A method for determining driver distraction in a vehicle is disclosed. The method comprises receiving (101) a signal comprising information about user-interaction with an in-vehicle human machine interface (HMI), and determining a first state of the driver based on the received information (102). The first state comprises at least one distraction parameter. Further, the method comprises determining (103) a second state of a driver of the vehicle by means of a driver monitoring system (DMS), where the second state of the driver comprises at least one attention parameter, and sending a signal to a control system of the vehicle based on the determined first state of the driver and the determined second state of the driver (104). A corresponding computer-readable storage media, a control device, and a vehicle are also disclosed.