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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2019
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Kojima, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for assessing arousal level of a driver of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory storing a computer program, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations. The operations include (A) acquiring driving mode information that indicates when a driving mode of the vehicle is in a first mode, in which travel control of the vehicle is performed by the driver, or in a second mode, in which at least a part of the travel control of the vehicle is automatically performed. The operations also include (B) determining whether the driving mode of the vehicle is in the first mode or the second mode, (C) executing first steps when the driving mode is determined as being the first mode, and (D) executing second steps when the driving mode is determined as being the second mode.