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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2023
Applicant:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Inventors:
Kiyotaka Taguchi, Kariya, JP;
Yasuhiko Joho, Kariya, JP;
Akira Kamiya, Kariya, JP;
Hiroyuki Mimura, Kariya, JP;
Toshinori Mizuno, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/16 (2022.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/166 (2022.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01);
Abstract
An occupant monitoring system includes a camera, an image processor and an exclusion structure. The camera is provided in a cabin and configured to capture an image of a face of an occupant in a vehicle. The image processor is configured to recognize the face of the occupant based on an imaging data captured by the camera. The exclusion structure is configured to exclude, from a field of view of the camera or the imaging data, a region contains an obstacle to be erroneously recognized as the face of the occupant.