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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2005
Kazuyoshi Isaji, Kariya, JP;
Naohiko Tsuru, Handa, JP;
Takahiro Wada, Takamatsu, JP;
Hiroshi Kaneko, Okayama, JP;
Kazuyoshi Isaji, Kariya, JP;
Naohiko Tsuru, Handa, JP;
Takahiro Wada, Takamatsu, JP;
Hiroshi Kaneko, Okayama, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
National University Corporation Kagawa University, Takamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A driver fatigue assessment device may include; a look information generator to generate look information regarding at least one of a driver's direction of a look and a locus at which a driver is looking; a visual stimulator to provide a visual stimulus within a driver's field of view at a first position and then move the location thereof to a second position; a change determination unit to determine whether the look information has changed in response to the movement of the visual stimulus; and a fatigue decision unit to assess driver fatigue based upon an output of the change determination unit.