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Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2018
Applicant:

Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuki Inagaki, Tokyo, JP;

Hideki Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;

Norimasa Tamura, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuki Ogata, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/09 (2012.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/09 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02);
Abstract

A vehicle operation assistance device is provided with: a visual line range determination unit that determines whether a recognition range including a visual line range of an operator of a mobile body corresponds to either an operation panel range to be operated or an external-environment checking range; a vigilance calculation unit that calculates alertness and attentiveness of the operator on the basis of at least movement of the operator's visual line; and a control unit that controls on-board devices of the mobile body on the basis of the recognition range and at least one of the alertness and attentiveness.


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