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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takeshi Matsumura, Numazu, JP;
Jun Sato, Susono, JP;
Kenichiroh Hara, Yokohama, JP;
Junya Kasugai, Kakamigahara, JP;
Koichiro Yamauchi, Nagaizumi-cho, JP;
Kazuhiro Tomosue, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control system comprising a reference image setting part setting a reference image of the face of the driver based on the image captured by the driver monitor camera, a monitoring part monitoring a condition of the driver based on the image captured by the driver monitor camera and the reference image, a first judging part judging if the face of the driver can no longer be recognized when monitoring the condition of the driver, a second judging part judging if the driver has been changed when the face of the driver can no longer be recognized, and a reference image resetting part resetting the reference image of the face of the driver based on the image captured by the driver monitor camera when it is judged that the driver has been changed.