A driver monitoring apparatus has a photographing means for taking a picture of a driver's face, an illumination means for emitting light to the driver's face, a light amount control means for setting the amount of light from the illumination means to a first or second amount of light, a differential image creating means for comparing image information about one image on which the driver's face to which the first amount of light was emitted is photographed with image information about another image on which the driver's face to which the second amount of light was emitted is photographed and then creating a differential image from differential information about brightness of corresponding pixels, a detecting means for detecting the driver's eyes from the differential image created by the differential image creating means, and a state detecting means for detecting the driver' state according to an image of the driver's eyes.


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    Title :

    Driver monitoring apparatus, driver monitoring method, and program


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    Publication date :

    2019-10-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    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



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