Method and computer program for the detection of inattention of the driver of a vehicle.

Procedure to detect when the driver of a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle, commits an inattentive; which method comprises the following steps: - Record the movement of the steering wheel of the vehicle in the form of an angle x of the steering wheel (step S1 the procedure); and - detecting a phase of inactivity of the address and determining the magnitude of this quiescent phase by evaluating the recorded angle of the steering wheel and / or the angle variation in time; - Detect activity direction, which takes place below the quiescent phase direction and determining the extent of activity by evaluating the change direction at the angle of the steering wheel over time; and - Determining a measure of the severity of the inattentiveness of the driver while driving the vehicle through the evaluation of the result of a link or an update regarding the magnitude of the phase of inactivity address the magnitude of the activity of the direction; which method is characterized by: - ​​Perform this link in a different times t 1 for a time interval measurement, which is previously determined; - Storing respective links results in time t1 together with the assigned weighting factors representing the driving situation of the vehicle or the current distraction of the driver at the respective time t 1; and by: - ​​Calculate a weighted operation result through, preferably arithmetic mathematical background, a mean value of the results stored during the time interval measurement, taking into consideration the weighting factors assigned to them.