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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Atsushi Inoue, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G08B 21/06 (2006.01); B60K 28/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G08B 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60K 28/066 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/027 (2013.01); G08B 21/06 (2013.01); G08B 25/08 (2013.01); B60W 2040/089 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0827 (2013.01); B60W 2540/21 (2020.02); B60W 2540/30 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
An arousal support device including a processor programmed to output a dialogue speech in a form of a question, and obtain response speech which is a response of a driver to the dialogue speech; measure a response time from when the dialogue speech is output till the response speech is obtained; store the measured response time in a database; derive an estimated value of wakefulness of the driver based on the measured response time and a plurality of response times previously stored in the database; and output a signal corresponding to the estimated value to provide arousal support.