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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Shunichiroh Sawai, Tokyo-to, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/59 (2022.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/597 (2022.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02);
Abstract
A monitoring device comprises a processor configured to estimate whether or not a non-stimulating environment has appeared in front of a driver which may cause the driver to have a lower alertness level or to engage in unfocused driving, based on multiple images taken of an environment ahead of a vehicle across a predetermined time period, and to act on the driver via a notification unit to increase a level of contribution to driving when the non-stimulating environment has appeared ahead.