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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2007
Shigeyasu Uozumi, Toyota, JP;
Kenichi Ohue, Toyota, JP;
Shigeyasu Uozumi, Toyota, JP;
Kenichi Ohue, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An on-board warning apparatus of the invention includes an inattentive time measuring device that measures a duration of an inattentive state of a driver; a dozing time measuring device that measures a duration of a dozing state of the driver; a first warning output device that warns the driver when the measured inattentive time exceeds a first predetermined period of time Ta; and a second warning output device that warns the driver when the measured dozing time exceeds a second predetermined period of time Tb. The first predetermined time Ta is shorter than the second predetermined period of time Tb.