Driver monitoring system for vehicle
First Claim
1. A driver monitoring system for a vehicle comprising:
- an image capturing means for capturing an image of a driver'"'"'s seat; and
a controlling means for performing a face identification determination, and an inattentive and drowsy driving determination of a driver based on an image captured by the image capturing means;
wherein the controlling means determines whether or not a driver on the driver'"'"'s seat is a registered driver on the basis of an image captured by the image capturing means when a shifting means is in a parking position, and determines whether or not a driver is looking aside or falling asleep on the basis of an image captured by the image capturing means when the shifting means is in a shift position other than the parking position.
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Abstract
A driver monitoring system for a vehicle includes an image capturing means for capturing an image of a driver'"'"'s seat, and a controlling means for performing a face identification determination, and an inattentive and drowsy driving determination of a driver based on an image captured by the image capturing means, wherein the controlling means determines whether or not a driver on the driver'"'"'s seat is a registered driver on the basis of an image captured by the image capturing means when a shifting means is in a parking position, and determines whether or not a driver is looking aside or falling asleep on the basis of an image captured by the image capturing means when the shifting means is in a shift position other than the parking position.
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10 Claims
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1. A driver monitoring system for a vehicle comprising:
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an image capturing means for capturing an image of a driver'"'"'s seat; and
a controlling means for performing a face identification determination, and an inattentive and drowsy driving determination of a driver based on an image captured by the image capturing means;
wherein the controlling means determines whether or not a driver on the driver'"'"'s seat is a registered driver on the basis of an image captured by the image capturing means when a shifting means is in a parking position, and determines whether or not a driver is looking aside or falling asleep on the basis of an image captured by the image capturing means when the shifting means is in a shift position other than the parking position. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A driver monitoring system for a vehicle comprising:
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an image capturing means for capturing an image of a driver'"'"'s seat; and
a controlling means for performing a face identification determination, and an inattentive and drowsy driving determination of a driver based on an image captured by the image capturing means;
the controlling means including a face identification determining portion for determining whether or not an image captured by the image capturing means is identical to a driver registered beforehand, an inattentive and drowsy driving determining portion for determining whether or not a driver is looking aside or falling asleep on the basis of an image captured by the image capturing means, and a switching portion for switching between a processing performed by the face identification determining portion and a processing performed by the inattentive and drowsy driving determining portion;
the controlling means receiving an information of a position of a shift lever so as to select by means of the switching portion the processing performed by the face identification determining portion when the shift lever is in the parking position, and to select by means of the switching portion the processing performed by the inattentive and drowsy driving determining portion when the shift lever is in a position other than the parking position. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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