Combined backup camera and driver alertness system for a vehicle

摘要

A combined backup camera and driver alertness system for a vehicle includes an imaging device that is adapted to be supported on a vehicle for capturing images adjacent a rearward portion of the vehicle. A sensor is provided that generates a signal when either (1) a transmission contained in the vehicle is operated in the rearward operating mode or (2) the vehicle is actually moved in the rearward direction. The system also includes a driver alertness processor and an image display. A data router routes the images from the imaging device to the driver alertness processor when not the signal is generated by the sensor and to the image display when the signal is generated by the sensor.

主权项

1. A combined backup imaging device and driver alertness system for a vehicle comprising:
an imaging device adapted to be supported on a vehicle for capturing images adjacent a rearward portion of the vehicle; a sensor that generates a signal when either (1) a transmission contained in the vehicle is operated in the rearward operating mode or (2) the vehicle is moved in a rearward direction; a driver alertness processor; an image display; and a data router, wherein (1) when the signal is not generated by the sensor, the data router routes the images from the imaging device to the driver alertness processor and not the image display, and (2) when the signal is generated by the sensor, the data router routes the images from the imaging device to the image display and not to the driver alertness processor.