Adaptive driver warning methodology

摘要

An adaptive driver warning methodology takes into account the driver gaze during a steady-state interval following a precipitating event that will potentially lead to the issuance of a driver warning. The elapsed steady-state time following the precipitating event is compared with the duration of continuous non-forward driver gaze following the precipitating event (38). If the duration of continuous non-forward driver gaze is less than the elapsed steady-state time, the warning parameters are established in a manner to de-sensitize or de-emphasize the driver warning (42). As a result, the driver warning is de-sensitized or deemphasized even though the driver temporarily glances away from the forward direction during the steady-state interval following the precipitating event.