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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Aisin Corporation, Aichi-ken, JP;
Taku Mitsumori, Kariya, JP;
Yuki Horiuchi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Masahiro Ishihara, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yuji Yamanishi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yuki Takeda, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
AISIN CORPORATION, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining a driver's behavior includes a processor configured to detect a looking direction of a driver of a vehicle, based on an image obtained by a camera provided to capture the interior of the vehicle, calculate an angle formed between the looking direction and a normal direction of an operation screen of a portable device in the vehicle, the normal direction being indicated by information received from the portable device via a communication device capable of communicating with the portable device, and determine that the driver is operating the portable device when the angle is within a predetermined angle range.