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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Nana Jumonji, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Inagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A looking away determination device includes: a looking away determination unit that determines that a driver is in a looking away state when a proportion of an image in which a face having a degree of certainty equal to or greater than a threshold value is shown with respect to a plurality of images obtained by imaging the driver, the degree of certainty serving as an index of face likeness; and an updating unit that updates the threshold value based on a degree of certainty of a face shown in an image obtained by imaging the driver.