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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya-city, JP;
Koichiro Yamauchi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Takuya Sakata, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya-City, JP;
Abstract
A driving support device includes a processor configured to detect a sign of sleepiness of a driver of a vehicle, based on a driver image representing the driver's head generated by a driver monitoring camera configured to take a picture of the driver's head, determine a response request to the driver, depending on environment around the vehicle or a travel condition of the vehicle, when a sign of the driver's sleepiness is detected, and notify the driver of the response request via a user interface provided in the vehicle.