Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Weifeng Zhang

Kenji Okuma

Naoki Kikuchi

Yoshikazu Matsuo

Kota Saito

Takashi Kusaka

Seungho Choi

Hiromi Sato

Hisumi Esaki

Katsuya Ikenobu

A personal identification apparatus includes a recording unit that records in advance feature information concerning an activity of at least one of a first person (person A) and a second person (person B or C) when the first person and the second person are together; an information acquiring unit that acquires identification information for identifying the other person; and an identification processing unit that identifies the other person as the second person, based on matching between the identification information and the feature information.

Personal identification apparatus and personal identification method

An operation control device includes a line-of-sight detector configured to detect a line of sight of a driver of a vehicle on the basis of an image of an interior of the vehicle captured by an imaging device provided in the vehicle, a hand state detector configured to detect a hand state of the driver on the basis of the image, a driving state determiner configured to determine whether the detected hand state is a first state in which it is estimated that a driving operation of the vehicle is being performed or a second state in which it is estimated that the driving operation is not being performed, a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle, and an operation restrictor configured to restrict reception of an operation on an operator including a display device arranged within the vehicle.

Operation control device, operation control method, and storage medium

A control apparatus controls an agent apparatus functioning as a user interface of a request processing apparatus that acquires a request indicated by at least one of a voice and a gesture of a user and performs a process corresponding to the request. The control apparatus includes a gaze point specifying section specifying a gaze point of the user, and a face control section controlling an orientation of a face or line of sight of an agent used to transmit information to the user. The face control section controls the orientation of the face or line of sight of the agent such that the face or line of sight of the agent becomes oriented toward the user, if the gaze point is positioned at (i) a portion of the agent or (ii) a portion of an image output section that displays or projects an image of the agent.

Control apparatus, control method, agent apparatus, and computer readable storage medium

A line-of-sight detection apparatus includes a first direction determining section that determines a first direction that is a direction of a line of sight of a first eye of a subject; a second direction determining section that determines a second direction that is a direction of a line of sight of a second eye of the subject; an assuming section that assumes a gaze direction of the subject based on at least one of (i) a manipulation by the subject of a device provided with a line-of-sight measurement apparatus that measures a line of sight of the subject, (ii) a state of the device, and (iii) an orientation of a face of the subject; and a first judging section that compares the assumed gaze direction, the first direction, and the second direction, and judges which of the first eye and the second eye is a dominant eye.

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Weifeng Zhang