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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Kiyofumi Nakajima, Odawara, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); G06K 9/00268 (2013.01); G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); G06K 9/00597 (2013.01); G06K 9/00845 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operating apparatus is provided with: a line-of-sight detector configured to detect a line of sight of an occupant of a vehicle; a face direction detector configured to detect a face direction of the occupant; and an estimator configured to estimate an operation intention intended by the face direction on the basis of the detected face direction, on condition that a change in the detected face direction is greater than a change in the detected line of sight by an amount that is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount.