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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Inventor:
Yohei Iwashita, Aki-gun, JP;
Assignee:
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 40/105 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 40/105 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0051 (2020.02); B60W 60/0057 (2020.02); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driver state determination apparatus includes circuitry configured to recognize whether a driver's voluntary function works normally and to recognize whether an involuntary function works normally. On condition that the driver's voluntary function does not work normally, the circuitry is configured to reduce a specified time required to recognize whether the involuntary function works normally.