A system for detecting an impairment of an operator of a vehicle includes an alcohol sensor, a camera, a start control, and a controller in electrical communication with the alcohol sensor, the camera, and the start control, the controller including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions such that the processor is programmed to: determine that alcohol is detected using the alcohol sensor, disable the start control based on the detection of alcohol, perform a gaze nystagmus assessment of the operator using the camera, determine if the operator is impaired based on the gaze nystagmus assessment, and enable the start control when the operator is not impaired.
VEHICLE DRIVER IMPAIRMENT DETECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD
2025-04-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Automotive engineering | 1980
System and method to restrict vehicle operations in response to driver impairment
European Patent Office | 2020
|System and method to restrict vehicle operations in response to driver impairment
European Patent Office | 2019
|APPARATUS FOR IN-VEHICLE IMPAIRMENT DETECTION WITH DRIVER VERIFICATION
European Patent Office | 2022
|Method and system for controlling a passive driver impairment detection system in a vehicle
European Patent Office | 2017
|