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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Hiroshi Morimoto, Tokyo-to, JP;
Kenta Yamada, Tokyo-to, JP;
Jiro Fujino, Toyota, JP;
Kenichiroh Hara, Yokohama, JP;
Satoru Kawakami, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A distraction judgment device detecting an object present in a front direction of a vehicle based on surrounding data showing a situation around that vehicle, detecting a gaze origin and gaze direction of the driver based on driver data showing a state of the driver, changing an up-down direction viewing judgment range for judging whether the driver is looking at inside equipment arranged inside at the front in accordance with a positional relationship with the object, judging that the driver is being distracted by the inside equipment if the gaze direction of the driver falls within the viewing judgment range continuously for greater than or equal to a predetermined distraction judgment time, and changing the viewing judgment range so that the top end position of the viewing judgment range becomes lower when the object is positioned close by compared to when it is positioned far away.