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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G10L 25/63 (2013.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/174 (2022.01); G10L 25/63 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2540/21 (2020.02); B60W 2540/22 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driving evaluation apparatus includes a processor configured to determine, based on information about facial expressions or behaviors of one or more passengers riding in a vehicle that is under automatic driving control, whether or not the passenger has displayed a facial expression or behavior indicating a specific feeling, and estimate ride comfort of the vehicle felt by the passenger in accordance with a determination result; and evaluate the driving of the vehicle that is under the automatic driving control, based on an estimation result of the ride comfort.