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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kazuhiro Tomosue, Tokyo-to, JP;
Kenichiroh Hara, Yokohama, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A driver monitor includes a processor configured to detect the orientation and the position of the face of a driver of a vehicle from each of face images obtained by a camera for capturing the driver, update a reference direction of orientations or a reference position of the driver's face, based on orientations or positions of the driver's face detected from face images obtained in a preceding predetermined period, and detect putting a wearable object on or taking a wearable object off the driver's face in each face image. Upon detection of putting on or taking off the wearable object, the processor updates the reference direction or the reference position, based on only orientations or positions of the driver's face detected from face images obtained after the detection.