Driving support device, method, and computer program for supporting driving
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
InventorsKoichiro Yamauchi, Takuya Sakata
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Abstract
A driving support device includes a processor configured to detect a sign of sleepiness of a driver of a vehicle, based on a driver image representing the driver's head generated by a driver monitoring camera configured to take a picture of the driver's head, determine a response request to the driver, depending on environment around the vehicle or a travel condition of the vehicle, when a sign of the driver's sleepiness is detected, and notify the driver of the response request via a user interface provided in the vehicle.
Claims6
A driving support device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- detect a sign of sleepiness of a driver of a vehicle, based on a driver image representing the driver's head generated by a driver monitoring camera configured to take a picture of the driver's head,
- detect a predetermined feature in an area around the vehicle as one representing an environment around the vehicle,
- determine a response request to the driver related to information represented on the detected predetermined feature as the response request, when a sign of the driver's sleepiness is detected,
- notify the driver of the response request via a user interface provided in the vehicle;
- determine whether the driver has made a response requested in the response request after notification of the response request, and
- control the vehicle so as to stop the vehicle when the driver has not made the response even after a predetermined period from notification of the response request.
A method for supporting driving, comprising:
- detecting a sign of sleepiness of a driver of a vehicle, based on a driver image representing the driver's head generated by a driver monitoring camera configured to take a picture of the driver's head;
- detecting a predetermined feature in an area around the vehicle as one representing an environment around the vehicle;
- determining a response request to the driver related to information represented on the detected predetermined feature as the response request, when a sign of the driver's sleepiness is detected;
- notifying the driver of the response request via a user interface provided in the vehicle;
- determining whether the driver has made a response requested in the response request after notification of the response request, and
- controlling the vehicle so as to stop the vehicle when the driver has not made the response even after a predetermined period from notification of the response request.
A non-transitory recording medium that stores a computer program for supporting driving, the computer program causing a processor mounted on a vehicle to execute a process comprising:
- detecting a sign of sleepiness of a driver of the vehicle, based on a driver image representing the driver's head generated by a driver monitoring camera configured to take a picture of the driver's head;
- detecting a predetermined feature in an area around the vehicle as one representing an environment around the vehicle;
- determining a response request to the driver related to information represented on the detected predetermined feature as the response request, when a sign of the driver's sleepiness is detected;
- notifying the driver of the response request via a user interface provided in the vehicle;
- determining whether the driver has made a response requested in the response request after notification of the response request, and
- controlling the vehicle so as to stop the vehicle when the driver has not made the response even after a predetermined period from notification of the response request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.