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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
May. 02, 2006
Toshiya Arakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyoshi Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Satomi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiya Arakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyoshi Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Satomi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A driving support equipment for a vehicle is provided, the equipment comprising a frontward information recognition unit for recognizing environs information at the front of the vehicle; a preceding vehicle information detection unit for detecting preceding vehicle information from the environs information at the front of the vehicle; an eye motion detection unit for detecting an eye motion of a driver who drives the vehicle; a dispersion value processing unit for processing a value showing a dispersion of the eye motions regarding the preceding vehicle, detected by the eye motion detection unit; an attention state estimation unit for estimating an attention state of the driver regarding the preceding vehicle, using the value showing the eye motion dispersion; and an alarm control unit for varying a vehicle alarm according to the estimated attention state of the driver.