DRIVER CONDITION DETECTING DEVICE AND DRIVER CONDITION INFORMING DEVICE
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1. A driver condition detecting device, comprising:
- a camera unit photographing a face of a driver;
a head detector detecting a movement of a head of the driver from an image photographed by the camera unit;
an eyeball detector detecting a movement of an eyeball of the driver from the image photographed by the camera unit;
a vestibule oculogyral reflex movement detector detecting a vestibule oculogyral reflex movement based on the movement of the head detected by the head detector and the movement of the eyeball detected by the eyeball detector;
a semicircular carnal cervix reflex movement detector detecting a semicircular carnal cervix reflex movement based on the movement of the head detected by the head detector and the movement of the eyeball detected by the eyeball detector;
a front face determining unit determining whether or not the head and the eyeball of the driver face forward based on the movement of the head detected by the head detector and the movement of the eyeball detected by the eyeball detector; and
an inattentive driving determining unit determining an inattentive driving,wherein said inattentive driving determining unit actuates the vestibule oculogyral reflex movement detector and the semicircular carnal cervix reflex movement detector upon the front face determining unit determining the head and the eyeball of the driver as not facing forward, and determines as the inattentive driving upon neither the vestibule oculogyral reflex movement nor the semicircular carnal cervix reflex movement being detected.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a driver condition detecting device and a driver condition informing device detecting inattentive or incursive driving by movements of a head and eyeball of a driver during driving. The CPU, when the head and the eyeball of the driver are determined as not facing forward, and neither the vestibule oculogyral reflex movement nor the semicircular carnal cervix reflex movement is detected, determines and informs the inattentive driving. The CPU, even though the head and the eyeball of the driver are determined as facing forward, detects an angle-of-convergence, and determines and informs the inattentive driving when the angle-of-convergence lies above a threshold.
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18 Claims
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1. A driver condition detecting device, comprising:
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a camera unit photographing a face of a driver; a head detector detecting a movement of a head of the driver from an image photographed by the camera unit; an eyeball detector detecting a movement of an eyeball of the driver from the image photographed by the camera unit; a vestibule oculogyral reflex movement detector detecting a vestibule oculogyral reflex movement based on the movement of the head detected by the head detector and the movement of the eyeball detected by the eyeball detector; a semicircular carnal cervix reflex movement detector detecting a semicircular carnal cervix reflex movement based on the movement of the head detected by the head detector and the movement of the eyeball detected by the eyeball detector; a front face determining unit determining whether or not the head and the eyeball of the driver face forward based on the movement of the head detected by the head detector and the movement of the eyeball detected by the eyeball detector; and an inattentive driving determining unit determining an inattentive driving, wherein said inattentive driving determining unit actuates the vestibule oculogyral reflex movement detector and the semicircular carnal cervix reflex movement detector upon the front face determining unit determining the head and the eyeball of the driver as not facing forward, and determines as the inattentive driving upon neither the vestibule oculogyral reflex movement nor the semicircular carnal cervix reflex movement being detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17)
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3. A driver condition detecting device, comprising:
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a camera unit photographing a face of a driver; a head detector detecting a movement of a head of the driver from an image photographed by the camera unit; an eyeball detector detecting a movement of an eyeball of the driver from the image photographed by the camera unit; an angle-of-convergence detector detecting an angle of convergence of the eyeball from the image photographed by the camera unit; a front face determining unit determining whether or not the head and the eyeball of the driver face forward based on the movement of the head detected by the head detector and the movement of the eyeball detected by the eyeball detector; and an inattentive driving determining unit determining an inattentive driving by the angle of convergence detected by the angle-of-convergence detector lying above a threshold upon the front face determining unit determining the head and the eyeball of the driver not facing forward. - View Dependent Claims (6, 9, 12, 15, 18)
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