STATE MONITORING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A state monitoring device mounted in a vehicle, comprising:
- a light emitter that emits light to irradiate an area predetermined as an area where a vehicle driver face is positioned;
an imaging unit that images an imaging area including the predetermined area;
a state monitoring unit that monitors a state of the driver based on a result of image processing on an image generated by the imaging unit;
a state determination unit that determines whether the driver is ready to drive the vehicle or unready to drive the vehicle; and
a light emission control unit that(a) when the state determination unit determines that the driver is unready to drive the vehicle, executes specific processing to lower a light emitting function of the light emitter, and(b) when the state determination unit determines that the driver is ready to drive the vehicle, makes the light emitter emit the light without lowering the light emitting function of the light emitter.
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Abstract
A state monitoring device mounted in a vehicle includes: a light emitter to emit light to irradiate a predetermined area; an imaging unit to image an imaging area including the predetermined area; a state monitoring unit to monitor a state of the driver based on an image generated by the imaging unit; a state determination unit to determine whether the driver is ready to drive the vehicle or unready to drive the vehicle; and a light emission control unit to execute specific processing to lower a light emitting function of the light emitter when the state determination unit determines that the driver is unready to drive the vehicle, specific processing to lower a light emitting function of the light emitter and not to lower the light emitting function of the light emitter when the state determination unit determines that the driver is ready to drive the vehicle.
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7 Claims
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1. A state monitoring device mounted in a vehicle, comprising:
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a light emitter that emits light to irradiate an area predetermined as an area where a vehicle driver face is positioned; an imaging unit that images an imaging area including the predetermined area; a state monitoring unit that monitors a state of the driver based on a result of image processing on an image generated by the imaging unit; a state determination unit that determines whether the driver is ready to drive the vehicle or unready to drive the vehicle; and a light emission control unit that (a) when the state determination unit determines that the driver is unready to drive the vehicle, executes specific processing to lower a light emitting function of the light emitter, and (b) when the state determination unit determines that the driver is ready to drive the vehicle, makes the light emitter emit the light without lowering the light emitting function of the light emitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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