Appeal No. 1998-2869
Application 08/453,496
has been
indicated by the Examiner to be allowable if rewritten in
independent form.
The invention relates to a driving state-monitoring
apparatus for automotive vehicles, which monitors the driving
state of the driver of the automotive vehicle, and gives an
alarm, if necessary. For example, if the driver causes the
automotive vehicle to be steered abnormally due to the driver
dozing, the driving state-monitoring apparatus will give an
alarm to awake the driver.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follow:
1. A driving state-monitoring apparatus for an
automotive vehicle, for monitoring a driving state of a driver
of said automotive vehicle, comprising:
behavior parameter-detecting means for detecting a
behavior parameter indicative of an amount of behavior related
to at least one of yawing movement and lateral movement of
said automotive vehicle;
vehicle speed-detecting means for detecting a speed of
said automotive vehicle;
behavior reference parameter-setting means for setting a
behavior reference parameter based on changes in said behavior
parameter;
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