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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Hidetoshi Morita, Kariya, JP;
Masashi Watanabe, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A driving monitoring system monitors a driver of a host vehicle by a vehicle control unit and a portable terminal which communicate with each other. The vehicle control unit controls the host vehicle. The portable terminal includes a display screen and a camera arranged to capture an image of an area opposing the display screen. The driver monitoring system determines whether the driver of the host vehicle looks at the display screen of the portable terminal during running of the host vehicle, based on an image captured by the camera; the driver monitoring system issues a warning in response to that the driver is determined to be looking at the display screen of the portable terminal.