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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2020
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hirotaka Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiyuki Hatta, Tokyo, JP;

Shintaro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/09 (2012.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/09 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01); B60W 2540/221 (2020.02); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2540/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

Included are: a captured image acquiring unit to acquire a captured image obtained by imaging an occupant; a temperature image acquiring unit to acquire a temperature image indicating a temperature of a surface of a body of the occupant measured in a non-contact manner; a motion detection unit to detect a motion of the occupant on the basis of the captured image; a temperature detection unit to detect a temperature of a hand of the occupant on the basis of the temperature image; and an awakening level estimating unit to estimate an awakening level of the occupant on the basis of the motion of the occupant detected by the motion detection unit and the temperature of the hand of the occupant detected by the temperature detection unit.


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