Patents by Inventor Rebecca MATTHIAS
Rebecca MATTHIAS 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).
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Patent number: 11908209Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a control system, system and method for controlling a transition between a first driving mode and a second driving mode of a vehicle. The present disclosure relates to receiving image data of an occupant of the vehicle; quantifying one or more characteristics of the occupant's gaze based at least in part on the received image data, the one or more characteristics being indicative of the occupant's attention to a non-driving task; determining a transition profile for transitioning between the first driving mode and the second driving mode based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the occupant's gaze; and generating and outputting a control signal to transition from the first driving mode to the second driving mode, the control signal comprising instructions for controlling one or more vehicle systems in accordance with the determined transition profile.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, UCL BUSINESS PLCInventors: Lee Skrypchuk, Rebecca Matthias, Alexandros Mouzakitis, Nilli Lavie, Anthony Harris, Joshua Eayrs
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Patent number: 11738758Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a vehicle, the vehicle (800) being operable in an at least partly autonomous mode and a manual mode, the control system comprising input means (291, 292) for receiving a gaze signal (211) indicative of a direction of a gaze of an occupant of the vehicle (800), and a contact signal (212) indicative of physical contact between the occupant and a control of the vehicle, control means (250, 260, 270, 280, 290) configured to determine an estimate of the occupant's attention to a driving task in the at least partly autonomous mode in dependence on the gaze signal (211) and to determine when the occupant is at least partly obscured relative to the at least one imaging means (150, 220), wherein the control means (250, 260, 270, 280, 290) is configured to determine the estimate of the occupant's attention to the driving task in dependence on the contact signal when it is determined that the occupant is at least partly obscured.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITEDInventors: Andrew Fairgrieve, Paul King, Rebecca Matthias, John Simlett, Nicolas Iacovou
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Publication number: 20220396272Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a vehicle, the vehicle (800) being operable in an at least partly autonomous mode and a manual mode, the control system comprising input means (291, 292) for receiving a gaze signal (211) indicative of a direction of a gaze of an occupant of the vehicle (800), and a contact signal (212) indicative of physical contact between the occupant and a control of the vehicle, control means (250, 260, 270, 280, 290) configured to determine an estimate of the occupant's attention to a driving task in the at least partly autonomous mode in dependence on the gaze signal (211) and to determine when the occupant is at least partly obscured relative to the at least one imaging means (150, 220), wherein the control means (250, 260, 270, 280, 290) is configured to determine the estimate of the occupant's attention to the driving task in dependence on the contact signal when it is determined that the occupant is at least partly obscured.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Andrew FAIRGRIEVE, Paul KING, Rebecca MATTHIAS, John SIMLETT, Nicolas IACOVOU
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Patent number: 11420637Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a vehicle, the vehicle (800) being operable in an at least partly autonomous mode and a manual mode, the control system comprising input means (291, 292) for receiving a gaze signal (211) indicative of a direction of a gaze of an occupant of the vehicle (800), and a contact signal (212) indicative of physical contact between the occupant and a control of the vehicle, control means (250, 260, 270, 280, 290) configured to determine an estimate of the occupant's attention to a driving task in the at least partly autonomous mode in dependence on the gaze signal (211) and to determine when the occupant is at least partly obscured relative to the at least one imaging means (150, 220), wherein the control means (250, 260, 270, 280, 290) is configured to determine the estimate of the occupant's attention to the driving task in dependence on the contact signal when it is determined that the occupant is at least partly obscured.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITEDInventors: Andrew Fairgrieve, Paul King, Rebecca Matthias, John Simlett, Nicolas Iacovou
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Publication number: 20220153282Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a control system, a system, a method, a vehicle and a non-transitory computer readable medium for receiving user movement data indicative of movement of a user's head; receiving object movement data indicative of movement of an object, the object being associated with a non-driving task; determining one or more relative movement parameters indicative of the relative movement of the user's head with respect to the object based at least in part on the received user movement data and the object movement data; and determining an attention level of the user to the non-driving task in based at least in part on the determined relative movement parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Rebecca MATTHIAS, Lee SKRYPCHUK, Alexandros MOUZAKITIS, Yifan ZHAO, Xiangjun PENG, Chen LV
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Publication number: 20220058408Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a control system, system and method for controlling a transition between a first driving mode and a second driving mode of a vehicle. The present disclosure relates to receiving image data of an occupant of the vehicle; quantifying one or more characteristics of the occupant's gaze based at least in part on the received image data, the one or more characteristics being indicative of the occupant's attention to a non-driving task; determining a transition profile for transitioning between the first driving mode and the second driving mode based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the occupant's gaze; and generating and outputting a control signal to transition from the first driving mode to the second driving mode, the control signal comprising instructions for controlling one or more vehicle systems in accordance with the determined transition profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Lee SKRYPCHUK, Rebecca MATTHIAS, Alexandros MOUZAKITIS, Nilli LAVIE, Anthony HARRIS
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Publication number: 20210354703Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a vehicle, the vehicle (800) being operable in an at least partly autonomous mode and a manual mode, the control system comprising input means (291, 292) for receiving a gaze signal (211) indicative of a direction of a gaze of an occupant of the vehicle (800), and a contact signal (212) indicative of physical contact between the occupant and a control of the vehicle, control means (250, 260, 270, 280, 290) configured to determine an estimate of the occupant's attention to a driving task in the at least partly autonomous mode in dependence on the gaze signal (211) and to determine when the occupant is at least partly obscured relative to the at least one imaging means (150, 220), wherein the control means (250, 260, 270, 280, 290) is configured to determine the estimate of the occupant's attention to the driving task in dependence on the contact signal when it is determined that the occupant is at least partly obscured.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Andrew FAIRGRIEVE, Paul KING, Rebecca MATTHIAS, John SIMLETT, Nicolas IACOVOU