Patents by Inventor Kevan Yuen

Kevan Yuen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Machine learning based driver assistance
    Patent number: 11182629
    Abstract: A method for machine learning based driver assistance is provided. The method may include detecting, in one or more images of a driver operating an automobile, one or more facial landmarks. The detection of the one or more facial landmarks may include applying, to the one or more images, a first machine learning model. A gaze dynamics of the driver may be determined based at least on the one or more facial landmarks. The gaze dynamics of the driver may include a change in a gaze zone of the driver from a first gaze zone to a second gaze zone. A state of the driver may be determined based at least on the gaze dynamics of the driver. An operation of the automobile may be controlled based at least on the state of the driver. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Sujitha Martin, Kevan Yuen, Mohan M. Trivedi
  • MACHINE LEARNING BASED DRIVER ASSISTANCE
    Publication number: 20200005060
    Abstract: A method for machine learning based driver assistance is provided. The method may include detecting, in one or more images of a driver operating an automobile, one or more facial landmarks. The detection of the one or more facial landmarks may include applying, to the one or more images, a first machine learning model. A gaze dynamics of the driver may be determined based at least on the one or more facial landmarks. The gaze dynamics of the driver may include a change in a gaze zone of the driver from a first gaze zone to a second gaze zone. A state of the driver may be determined based at least on the gaze dynamics of the driver. An operation of the automobile may be controlled based at least on the state of the driver. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Sujitha Martin, Kevan Yuen, Mohan M. Trivedi