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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Aisin Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Hiroshi Morimoto, Tokyo-to, JP;
Takuhiro Omi, Anjo, JP;
Udara Eshan Manawadu, Tokyo-to, JP;
Kenta Yamada, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A notification device is provided with an output device configured to notify information to a driver of a vehicle and a control device configured to control the output device. The control device detects behavior of the driver based on driver data expressing the state of the driver, calculates a score showing a degree by which the driver is relaxing based on the behavior of the driver, notifies the score, calculated based on behavior of the driver during automated driving by which driving operations of the vehicle are automatically performed, through the output device when a predetermined timing is reached, and does not notify the score when a predetermined condition stands even when the predetermined timing is reached.