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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shunichiroh Sawai, Tokyo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A driver imaging deviceincludes a driver monitor camerafixed to a vehicle front side with respect to a driver's seat in a vehicle interior of a vehicle, and configured to capture an image of a driver. The driver monitor cameraincludes a camera ECU. The camera ECUestimates a traveling direction of the vehicle based on at least one of acceleration information of an acceleration sensorof the vehicle and acceleration information of an in-camera acceleration sensorbuilt into the driver monitor camera, and determines a face orientation of the driver with respect to the traveling direction of the vehicle and a gaze point of the driver based on a face image of the driver captured by the driver monitor cameraand the traveling direction.
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