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Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2021
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventor:

Haruki Inoue, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/24 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/24 (2013.01); B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); G06V 20/593 (2022.01); G06V 40/174 (2022.01); G08B 3/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control apparatus includes a living body presence/absence determination unit configured to determine whether a predetermined living body is left in a vehicle cabin, a cabin camera configured to acquire image data containing a face of the predetermined living body left in the cabin, a facial expression analysis information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on facial expression of the predetermined living body based on the image data, a determination unit configured to determine whether a safety of a life of the predetermined living body is a predetermined reference or lower based on the information on the facial expression, and a control unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that the safety of the life of the predetermined living body is the predetermined reference or lower, activate a safety function for ensuring the safety of the life of the predetermined living body.


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