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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoyuki Nakano, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2520/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The driving support device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires an image including an occupant riding on the vehicle, a state detection unit that detects a state of the occupant based on the image, and a notification unit that notifies the occupant when the detected state is a state in which the occupant holds the object in both hands for a predetermined time in a mode in which the vehicle does not need to grip the steering wheel of the vehicle and the vehicle is being automatically driven.