TW201337847A - Automobile eye-controlled apparatus with illumination light source - Google Patents

Abstract

An automobile eye-controlled apparatus with an illumination light source is disclosed, which mainly includes a first body and a second body set separately from each other. Electronic components for operation and a photographic unit for capturing drive images are provided in the first body. The second body is installed adjacent to the first body and provided with an illumination unit for operation necessary for eye-controlled operation, and the distance between the illumination unit and the photographic unit is more than 5 centimeters.

Description

Vehicle eye control device with illumination source

The invention relates to an eye control device, in particular to an eye control device for a vehicle with an illumination source designed by using a separate light source.

The issue of ensuring traffic safety has gradually gained attention in recent years and has become one of the key research projects of related manufacturers. The causes of traffic safety accidents are mostly caused by incorrect operation of driving. The so-called incorrect operations such as fatigue caused by lack of driving sleep, long driving time without moderate rest, or speaking on the phone, after drinking Driving and so on. In other words, the phenomenon of poor mental state such as lack of concentration and lack of concentration is the main cause of car accidents.

In order to solve such problems, various technical solutions have been proposed. For example, Chinese Patent No. 200910310326.3, "Driving Monitoring Device and Method" mainly detects the driver's eye area and the hand placed on the steering wheel through image capture, and determines whether the driving hand is placed in the correct area on the steering wheel and Whether the eyes are open or closed due to fatigue.

Another example is the "Building a lightweight eyetracking headgear" proposed by the Rochester Institute of technology, Jason S. babcock & Jeff B. Pelz, which mentions a lightweight eye movement detection device, which mainly uses a camera on the eyeglass frame to obtain an eye. After the action, a variety of applications can be performed.

Monitoring the condition of the eye, avoiding traffic accidents caused by driving fatigue, or obtaining eye movement parameters for medical behavior or scientific research, can operate reasonably and have certain effects. However, in practice, such technology is to obtain images of the eyes. When analyzing and judging, there are often cases of misjudgment or failure. The reason is that the main means of such technology is to obtain the eye image through the camera, and use the IR LED lamp to illuminate the eye, so that the surface of the eye reflects a bright spot, and the motion parameter of the eye is calculated by determining the relative position of the bright spot and the pupil. Among them, the illumination of IR LED is an important key in the technology. If the bright spot is too close to the pupil, or the illumination is not correct, the offset will be even if there is no bright spot, the action of the eye will not be judged, and the device will lose its effect.

In view of the above, the present invention provides an eye control device for a vehicle having an illumination source, which can provide a correct illumination operation and generate a suitable bright spot on the eyeball, which greatly improves the determination accuracy of the eye control device, and the conventional device Mistakes in the misjudgment or failures will also be resolved.

An eye control device for a vehicle having an illumination source according to the present invention mainly includes a first body and a second body that are independently disposed. The first body is internally equipped with electronic components required for operation, and the camera unit is disposed in the first A body is exposed on the outer side of the first body for capturing images. The second body has an illumination unit for providing illumination to the eyes of the driving, and the illumination unit is separated from the photographing unit by a distance of more than five centimeters.

The object, technical contents and features of the present invention are described below in conjunction with the drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , which are schematic diagrams of an eye control device for a vehicle having an illumination source. The device according to the present invention mainly comprises a first body 10 and a second body which are independently disposed and separated from each other. The first body 10 is provided with an exposed photographing unit 11, a sound generating unit 12 and a control button 13. The photographing unit 11 is configured to capture an eyeball image of the driving and transmit it to an electronic component (not shown) accommodated in the first body 10 to perform image processing or various system control. The sound generating unit 12 can emit a sound according to the instruction of the device, and the user can turn on or off the power of the device through the control button 13. The first body 10 has a second transmission line 40 connected to an external device for performing data transfer or control with an external device. In addition, in addition to the foregoing communicating with the outside world in a wired manner, the first body 10 can also selectively install a wireless communication unit (not shown) such as WiFi, 3G, etc., and adopt a wireless transmission manner. Exchange data with the outside world. The illustrations of the present invention are merely illustrative and are not intended to limit the manner in which the data is transmitted.

The second body 20 is provided with a first lighting unit 21, a second lighting unit 22, and a warning unit 23, and transmits data to and from the first body 10 through the first transmission line 30. The first lighting unit 21 and the second lighting unit 22 are used to illuminate the eyes of the user. The lighting unit may use an IR LED to illuminate the eyes to generate a bright spot or a white LED to provide auxiliary illumination. The warning unit 23 is disposed above the second body 20, and can issue a warning light according to the control command of the device.

Since the first body 10 and the second body 20 are independently disposed, the position of the installation can be freely adjusted, and the data is transmitted by the first transmission line 30. According to the field use study, the illumination unit on the second body 20 has a distance of more than five centimeters from the photographing unit 11, so that the bright spots on the eyeball are not too close to the pupil, or the serious offset cannot be determined. The eye image obtained by the technique disclosed by the present invention can be correctly analyzed and judged, and the accuracy of the eyeball image determination is greatly improved.

While the present invention has been described in its preferred embodiments, the present invention is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and the invention may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of protection is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached.

10. . . First ontology

11. . . Photography unit

12. . . Sound generating unit

13. . . control button

20. . . Second ontology

twenty one. . . First lighting unit

twenty two. . . Second lighting unit

twenty three. . . Warning unit

30. . . First transmission line

40. . . Second transmission line

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

10. . . First ontology

11. . . Photography unit

12. . . Sound generating unit

13. . . control button

20. . . Second ontology

twenty one. . . First lighting unit

twenty two. . . Second lighting unit

twenty three. . . Warning unit

30. . . First transmission line

40. . . Second transmission line

Claims (8)

An eye control device for a vehicle having an illumination source includes: a first body having an electronic component required for operation therein, and a camera unit assembly exposed on one side of the first body for capturing And a second body disposed adjacent to the first body, the second body is provided with an illumination unit for providing illumination work for the object to be photographed, wherein the illumination unit is separated from the photographing unit of the first body by five The distance above the centimeters. An eye control device for a vehicle having an illumination source according to claim 1, further comprising a sound generating unit disposed on the first body to emit sound. The vehicle eye control device with an illumination source as described in claim 1, further comprising an auxiliary illumination unit disposed on the second body to provide an auxiliary illumination operation for the object to be photographed. The vehicle eye control device with an illumination source as described in claim 1, further comprising an alerting unit disposed on the second body to issue an alert according to the command. The vehicle eye control device with an illumination source as described in claim 1, wherein the first body is provided with a control button for turning on or off the power of the device. The vehicle eye control device with illumination source as described in claim 1, further comprising a transmission line connected to the first body for transmitting data to the outside. The eye control device for a vehicle having an illumination source according to claim 1, wherein an interconnecting transmission line is disposed between the first body and the second body to perform a data transfer operation. The vehicular eye control device with an illumination source according to claim 1, wherein the first body comprises a wireless communication unit for transmitting data to the outside in a wireless transmission manner.