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Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;

Inventor:

Nozomi Kitagawa, Okazaki, JP;

Assignee:

DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G01C 21/362 (2013.01);
Abstract

An on-board system includes at least one execution unit executing an operation for eliminating an inattentive state of a driver of a vehicle, an information acquiring section acquiring driver state information, a state determination section determining whether the driver is in the inattentive state, a position specifying section specifying a present position of the vehicle, a searching section searching for a resting place at which the driver can have a rest based on the present position and information stored in a resting place database when the driver is in the inattentive state, and an execution unit control section calculating a necessary travel time to the resting place and activates at least one target execution unit to start operation when the necessary travel time is equal to or longer than a predetermined threshold period.


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