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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2002
Tomoki Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhide Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhide Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushikikaisha Equos Research, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Apparatus for collecting information pertaining to a driver of the vehicle includes a unit for determining if the current load on the driver is a 'low-load' in terms of satisfaction of one or more specific conditions. Driver information is stored and supplemented by answers to question scenarios communicated to the driver only when a 'low-load' state is determined. A question information storage unit contains various question scenarios correlated with different items of driver information and from which a question scenario, corresponding to driver information not yet obtained, is retrieved for output when a “low load” is determined.