METHOD FOR DETECTING THAT A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE IS USING A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LEADING VEHICLE, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THAT A DRIVER OF A FOLLOWING VEHICLE IS USING A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• Main Authors: PEREZ BARRERA, Oswaldo, LENNARTSSON, Anders
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.05.2024
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; COUNTING; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A method for detecting that a driver of a vehicle is using a handheld electronic device can comprise capturing or receiving at least one image of the vehicle showing at least a partial frontal view of the vehicle including the driver, determining a face orientation of the driver based on the at least one captured image, determining whether at least one pupil of the driver is shown in the at least one captured image, and inferring that the driver is using the handheld electronic device if the face orientation is downwards and no pupil of the driver is shown in the at least one captured image, or if the face orientation is straight ahead and no pupil of the driver is shown in the at least one captured image.