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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/59 (2022.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/593 (2022.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G06V 40/103 (2022.01); G06V 40/165 (2022.01);
Abstract
A sitting height estimation ECU is mounted on a vehicle and includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of a driver sitting in a driver's seat; a position detection unit configured to detect a position of a landmark on a face of the driver from the image; a crown estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a crown of the driver on the basis of the position of the landmark; and a sitting height estimation unit configured to estimate a sitting height of the driver on the basis of an estimation result obtained by the crown estimation unit.