Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for monitoring a passenger in an autonomous vehicle, which are able to monitor the status of the passenger in a shuttle-type autonomous vehicle, and to, when a dangerous situation occurs or is expected, notify such fact to the outside. The apparatus comprises: a camera which photographs the inside of the autonomous vehicle in real time; a passenger and article processing unit which recognizes and tracks one or more of the passenger and articles from an image from the camera; a posture and face direction estimation unit which estimates the posture and face direction of the passenger based on the results of processing by the passenger and article processing unit; a status determination unit which determines whether the passenger is in danger or not based on output from the posture and face direction estimation unit; and a notification unit which, when the passenger is determined to be in danger by the status determination unit, generates a corresponding notification message, and transmits the message to an external center.

    셔틀(shuttle) 형태의 자율 주행 차량내에 탑승한 탑승자의 상태를 모니터링하여 위험한 상황이 발생하였거나 위험한 상황이 예상되는 경우에 이를 외부에 알리도록 하는 자율 주행 차량내의 탑승자 모니터링 장치 및 방법을 제시한다. 제시된 장치는 자율 주행 차량의 내부를 실시간으로 촬영하는 카메라, 카메라로부터의 입력 이미지에서 탑승자 및 물건중의 하나 이상을 인식하고 트래킹하는 탑승자 및 물건 처리부, 탑승자 및 물건 처리부에서의 처리 결과를 근거로 탑승자의 자세 및 얼굴 방향을 추정하는 자세 및 얼굴 방향 추정부, 자세 및 얼굴 방향 추정부로부터의 출력을 근거로 탑승자가 위험한지를 판단하는 상태 판단부, 및 상태 판단부에서 위험한 탑승자로 판단됨에 따라 그에 상응하는 알림메시지를 생성하여 외부 센터에게로 보내는 알림부를 포함한다.


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    Title :

    Apparatus for monitoring passengers in autonomous vehicles


    Additional title:

    자율 주행 차량내의 탑승자 모니터링 장치


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    Publication date :

    2021-02-23


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Korean


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / G06K Erkennen von Daten , RECOGNITION OF DATA



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