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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Aisin Corporation, Aichi, JP;
Takuhiro Omi, Anjo, JP;
Hiroshi Morimoto, Tokyo-to, JP;
Kenta Yamada, Tokyo-to, JP;
Udara Eshan Manawadu, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A driver monitoring device has vehicle control part performing autonomous driving control of a vehicle, first determination part performing first determination of whether there is a possibility of a driver of the vehicle being in a sleeping state or strongly drowsy state, and second determination part performing second determination of whether the driver is using an electronic device based on an image including a face of the driver and behavioral feature information showing a difference between a behavioral feature of the driver when the driver is in the sleeping state or strongly drowsy state and the behavioral feature of the driver when the driver is using the electronic device.