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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Inventor:
Takuhiro Omi, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/18 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); B60K 28/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/18 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/015 (2013.01); A61B 5/08 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/6893 (2013.01); A61B 5/7278 (2013.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01); B60K 28/06 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G06K 9/00845 (2013.01); B60K 28/066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driver state determination apparatus includes a far-infrared camera and a state determination section. The far-infrared camera takes facial images of a driver of a vehicle; the facial images are far-infrared images indicating a temperature distribution on a facial surface of the driver. The state determination section determines an abnormal state of the driver based on the far-infrared images sequentially taken by the far-infrared camera during a predetermined period.