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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Aisin Corporation, Aichi-ken, JP;
Daisuke Akaho, Nagoya, JP;
Makoto Maehara, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Wakazono, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuhiro Tomosue, Kariya, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hoshino, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
AIIN CORPORATION, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A driver state detection device provided with a driver monitor camera configured to capture the face of a driver of a vehicle to generate a facial image of the driver and a control device. The control device is configured so as to detect the facial orientation or the line-of-sight direction of the driver based on the facial image, judge that the driver is driving distracted when the facial orientation or the line-of-sight direction of the driver is maintained for greater than or equal to a predetermined time period at the outside from the allowable range allowed as the facial orientation or the line-of-sight direction of the driver, and set the allowable range based on an operating parameter which is in a correlative relationship with steering operation of the steering wheel of the vehicle and the speed of the vehicle.