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Patent No.:

US 11345298 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2020

Driver monitoring device and driver monitoring method

Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Shinichi Yoshizawa, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Toan N Pham

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/70 (2017.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60R 22/46 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 22/48 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01552 (2014.10); B60H 1/00978 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60Q 3/70 (2017.02); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 22/46 (2013.01); B60R 22/48 (2013.01); B62D 1/04 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); B60K 2370/12 (2019.05); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/157 (2019.05); B60K 2370/158 (2019.05); B60K 2370/178 (2019.05); B60R 2022/4808 (2013.01);
Abstract

A driver monitoring device includes a detector that detects a posture of a driver in a driver's seat of a vehicle based on an image captured by an image capturing device, a determination controller that determines whether an irregular posture can impede the vehicle from traveling safely based on a condition concerning traveling of the vehicle acquired from the vehicle and the posture of the driver detected by the detector, and one or more notifiers that provide a notification concerning the irregular posture in accordance with a result of a determination made by the determination controller. The one or more notifiers refrain from providing the notification concerning the irregular posture when the result of the determination indicates that the irregular posture does not impede the vehicle from traveling safely.

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