DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE VIEWING DIRECTION OF A PERSON

The invention relates to a device for monitoring the viewing direction of a person, wherein the device comprises at least a first detection means for detecting the viewing direction of the person, and a second detection means for detecting at least one object, wherein the device moreover comprises at least one computing unit, which is configured to establish if the viewing direction of the person determined by the first detection means is directed at the object detected by the second detection means, and wherein the device comprises at least one output means, which is configured to output an optical and/or acoustic signal, depending upon one or multiple parameter(s), wherein the signal is output in a region which lies in a direction between the person and the object and/or in the region of the field of vision of the person facing the object, wherein one of the parameters relates to the result of the computing unit that the viewing direction of the person is not directed at the object.