Vehicle driver assist arrangement

DRIVE April 22, 2015
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A vehicle driver assist arrangement (1) is provided comprising an output unit (2) and a vehicle driver attentiveness assessment arrangement (3) comprising a host vehicle lane position evaluation unit (5), a steering wheel torque detection unit (7), a pedal pressure detecting unit (9), and a processing unit (11). The processing unit (11) is arranged to assess a level of vehicle driver attentiveness on the basis of a first, a second and a third signal (S1, S2, S3) transmitted to the processing unit (11) by the host vehicle lane position evaluation unit (5), the steering wheel torque detection unit (7), and the pedal pressure detecting unit (9). The vehicle driver assist arrangement (1) is arranged to issue an alert, via the output unit (2), in case the assessed level of vehicle driver attentiveness is below a predetermined threshold attentiveness level. The present invention also relates to a method of assisting a vehicle driver and a vehicle (13) comprising a vehicle driver assist arrangement (1).

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