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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
May. 27, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Koichiro Yamauchi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Shunichiroh Sawai, Tokyo-to, JP;
Takuya Sakata, Tokyo-to, JP;
Masataka Sano, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining a state includes a processor configured to, when a movement area in which movement values indicating looking directions or face orientations of a driver of a vehicle are distributed is included in a predetermined area, determine that the driver is in a state of careless driving, and enlarge the predetermined area in accordance with a road condition around the vehicle. A method for determining a state includes, when a movement area in which movement values indicating looking directions or face orientations of a driver of a vehicle are distributed is included in a predetermined area, determining that the driver is in a state of careless driving, and enlarging the predetermined area in accordance with a road condition around the vehicle.