Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.

Shinya Ema

Satoshi Shimizu

Takao Nihei

Hiroki Oobayashi

Kento Mizuta

Ryosuke Muratani

Nobutoshi Higaki

Kisei Takada

Yucheng(Leo) Zhang

Takanosuke Adachi

Ikuya Mitsuya

Yuki Nishimura

Kunio Fujikawa

A driver monitoring device includes: a processor; and a memory. The memory stores instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the driver monitoring device to perform operations including: detecting an unbalanced posture of a driver based on an image of a driver's seat; determining whether the unbalanced posture is a habitual unbalanced posture of the driver; calculating an opening degree of at least one eye of the driver based on the image in a case in which it is determined that the unbalanced posture is other than the habitual unbalanced posture; determining whether it is a timing to give a notification in a case in which the vehicle is traveling and the opening degree is equal to or larger than a first threshold; and giving the notification to the driver in a case in which it is determined that it is the timing to give the notification.

Driver monitoring device, driver monitoring method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Control apparatus that controls headlamp of a vehicle and HUD of the vehicle includes acquirer that obtains information about an object situated ahead of the vehicle from monitoring apparatus monitoring an area ahead of the vehicle, light emission controller that controls the light emission form of headlamp based on a position at which the object is present, and display controller that causes HUD to display an alert image indicating the position of the object such that the alert image is superimposed on or situated adjacent to the actual position of the object in a view that is observed in a forward direction with respect to the vehicle.

Control apparatus, control system, and control program for vehicle

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Kanagawa, Japan

Shinya Ema