A driver state determination apparatus includes a far-infrared camera and a state determination section. The far-infrared camera takes facial images of a driver of a vehicle; the facial images are far-infrared images indicating a temperature distribution on a facial surface of the driver. The state determination section determines an abnormal state of the driver based on the far-infrared images sequentially taken by the far-infrared camera during a predetermined period.
Driver state determination apparatus
2019-01-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G08B SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS , Signalisier- oder Rufsysteme / A61B DIAGNOSIS , Diagnostik / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / G06V |