Apparatus and method for preventing drowsy driving

• Main Author: HONG, JEONG PYO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 30.03.2017
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL; 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; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; COUNTING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for preventing drowsy driving, which use video data obtained by photographing a driver of a vehicle by a camera and use driving information of a current vehicle to analyze the information to doubly determine whether the driver drives while drowsy to warn the driver or perform braking when needed depending on a determination result. A camera unit photographs a driver of a vehicle by a camera to generate video data. A receiving unit receives vehicle driving information generated by the vehicle from a vehicle driving recording device. An information analysis unit analyzes video data generated by the camera unit and the vehicle driving information received by the receiving unit. A control unit determines whether the driver of the vehicle drives while drowsy depending on a result analyzed by the information analysis unit. A warning sound output unit outputs a warning sound depending on a result determined by the control unit to output the warning sound through a speaker. 본 발명은 차량의 운전자를 카메라로 촬영한 동영상데이터를 이용함과 동시에 현재 차량의 운행정보를 이용하여 분석해서, 이중적으로 운전자의 졸음운전을 판단하여 그 결과에 따라 경고 조치를 하거나 필요에 따라 제동장치를 구동시켜 주도록 구현한 졸음운전 방지 장치 및 방법에 관한 것으로, 카메라부가 카메라를 통해 차량 운전자를 촬영하여 동영상데이터를 생성시켜 주며; 수신부가 차량운행기록장치로부터 차량에서 발생하는 차량운행정보를 수신받으며; 정보분석부가 카메라부에서 생성시킨 동영상데이터와 수신부에서 수신받은 차량운행정보를 분석하며; 제어부가 정보분석부에서 분석한 결과에 따라 차량 운전자의 졸음운전 여부를 판단하며; 경고음출력부가 제어부에서 판단한 결과에 따라 경고음을 발생시켜 스피커를 통해 출력한다.