Fumito Yamano

Title: Fumito Yamano and Driver Monitoring Innovation.

Introduction

Fumito Yamano is an inventor associated with Mazda Motor Corporation in Hiroshima, Japan. His patent work addresses vehicle safety through technology designed to detect signs of driver abnormality.

Latest Patents

Yamano is associated with 1 patent, titled “Driver Abnormality Sign Detection Device.” The invention uses a driver’s visual-line information and images from a vehicle-outside camera to assess whether the driver may be showing signs of abnormality. Its control circuit establishes reference saccades, analyzes the dispersion of a visually salient section in the driver’s field of view, and adjusts the reference saccades to calculate predicted saccades. It then evaluates how far measured saccades diverge from those predictions to determine whether an abnormality sign is present.

Career Highlights

Yamano’s listed work connects his inventorship with Mazda Motor Corporation and the development of driver-monitoring technology. The patent describes an approach that combines gaze measurements with information about the surrounding visual scene.

Collaborations

Junichiro Kuwahara is identified as Yamano’s coworker. The available information does not specify whether Kuwahara collaborated on this patent.

Conclusion

Fumito Yamano’s patent focuses on using gaze behavior and visual-scene analysis to help identify potential driver abnormalities, reflecting an application of invention to automotive safety.