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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2024
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Otomo, Shizuoka, JP;
YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A detection system includes a light source section that includes a plurality of light emitting devices, each of the plurality of light emitting devices emitting near-infrared light toward a different portion of a face of an occupant of a vehicle, an imaging section that captures a face image with reflected light of the near-infrared light emitted to the face of the occupant, and a control unit that extracts feature points and a face image area of the face of the occupant from the face image captured by the imaging section. Based on a plurality of divided image areas obtained by dividing the face image area according to the plurality of light emitting devices, respectively, the control unit individually dims light from the light emitting devices corresponding to the respective divided image areas.
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