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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Satoru Iwata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/70 (2017.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01);
Abstract
An occupant state monitoring apparatus includes an imager, a storage, and a calculation controller. The imager is configured to capture an image of an occupant who is in a vehicle. The storage is configured to store vehicle member coordinates that are position information of a vehicle member of the vehicle. The calculation controller is configured to calculate, based on the image, gaze coordinates representing a position at which the occupant gazes, and determine a state of the occupant based on the gaze coordinates and the vehicle member coordinates.