An occupant imaging device captures images of occupants inside a vehicle in which a display device having a display area is provided in front of and between a driver's seat and a passenger seat. The occupant imaging device includes an illumination unit that illuminates an area around the face of an occupant seated in a seat, and an imaging unit that captures images of the area around the face of the occupant seated in the seat. The display device includes an outer frame extending on at least left and right sides of the display area. The illumination unit and the imaging unit are arranged in the vertical direction in a region of the outer frame of the display device excluding a passenger seat side portion. The imaging unit captures images of an area around the face of an occupant including at least a driver seated in the driver's seat.
OCCUPANT IMAGING DEVICE
2024-03-28
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / G06V |