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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2023
Applicants:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya-city, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya-city, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The driver monitoring device includes a judgment part configured to judge whether a driver of a vehicle is driving distracted by a predetermined judgment criteria based on an image generated by an imaging device capturing a face of the driver, a notification part configured to issue a warning to the driver when it is judged that the driver is driving distracted, and a change part configured to change the judgment criteria when an emergency warning light mounted in the vehicle is turned on.