Abstract: A computer-implemented method for setting-up and operating a driver assistance system, the method comprising the steps of: visually sensing the environment of a vehicle, sensing at least one rate of change of a parameter representing a status of the car, which parameter can be influenced by a driver manipulating a man/machine interface of the vehicle, structuring information gathered by the visual sensing by classifying the at least one sensed rate of change in different categories, in order to find visual features associated to a certain category of sensed rate of change and thus associated with a certain behavior of the driver.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vision-based attention system, comprising: at least one vision sensor, at least one image processing module processing an output signal of the vision sensor in order to generate at least one two-dimensional feature map, a dorsal attention subsystem generating a first saliency map on the basis of the at least one feature map, the saliency map indicating a first focus of attention for the driver assistance system, a ventral attention subsystem, independent to the dorsal attention subsystem, for generating a second saliency map on the basis of at least one feature map, which can be the same as the one used for the dorsal attention system or a different one, the second saliency map indicating unexpected visual stimuli.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for setting-up and operating a driver assistance system, the method comprising the steps of: visually sensing the environment of a vehicle, sensing at least one rate of change of a parameter representing a status of the car, which parameter can be influenced by a driver manipulating a man/machine interface of the vehicle, structuring information gathered by the visual sensing by classifying the at least one sensed rate of change in different categories of e, in order to find visual features associated to a certain category of sensed rate of change and thus associated with a certain behavior of the driver.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vision-based attention system, comprising: at least one vision sensor, at least one image processing module processing an output signal of the vision sensor in order to generate at least one two-dimensional feature map, a dorsal attention subsystem generating a first saliency map on the basis of the at least one feature map, the saliency map indicating a first focus of attention for the driver assistance system, a ventral attention subsystem, independent to the dorsal attention subsystem, for generating a second saliency map on the basis of at least one feature map, which can be the same as the one used for the dorsal attention system or a different one, the second saliency map indicating unexpected visual stimuli.