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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Katsuhiro Sakai, Hadano, JP;
Makoto Kawaharada, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Akihide Tachibana, Susono, JP;
Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Hadano, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle is configured to transport a passenger through autonomous travel. The vehicle includes an in-vehicle camera configured to image the passenger to generate an image, a camera controller configured to control the in-vehicle camera, and a passenger information detection unit configured to detect information about the passenger. The passenger information detection unit measures the number of passengers and the camera controller stops an operation of the in-vehicle camera in a case where the number of passengers is one.