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US 2019/0197329 A1Published application
Drowsiness estimating apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorIsao AOYAGI
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Abstract
A drowsiness estimating apparatus is provided with: an imager configured to take a face image of a driver of a vehicle; a detector configured to detect a duration of a mouth movement of the driver and whether or not the mouth movement has periodicity, on the basis of the face image; a determinator configured to determine a type of the mouth movement on the basis of the duration and whether or not the mouth movement has the periodicity; and an estimator configured to estimate drowsiness of the driver on the basis of the type of the mouth movement.
Claims5
A drowsiness estimating apparatus comprising:
- an imager configured to take a face image of a driver of a vehicle;
- a detector configured to detect a duration of a mouth movement of the driver and whether or not the mouth movement has periodicity, on the basis of the face image;
- a determinator configured to determine a type of the mouth movement on the basis of the duration and whether or not the mouth movement has the periodicity;
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- an estimator configured to estimate drowsiness of the driver on the basis of the type of the mouth movement.
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