DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A driving assistance apparatus comprising:
- a gaze detection portion detecting a gaze distribution of a driver for a vehicle;
an image acquisition portion acquiring a captured image from an imaging device that captures an image in surroundings of the vehicle;
a driver information acquisition portion acquiring driver information that allows identification of the driver for the vehicle;
a generation portion generating a personalized saliency map based on the captured image and the driver information, the personalized saliency map that serves as a saliency map for the captured image and that differs depending on the driver; and
a determination portion determining whether or not the driver looks at a visual confirmation target in the surroundings of the vehicle by comparing the gaze distribution detected by the gaze detection portion and the personalized saliency map generated by the generation portion.
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Abstract
A driving assistance apparatus includes a gaze detection portion detecting a gaze distribution of a driver for a vehicle, an image acquisition portion acquiring a captured image from an imaging device that captures an image in surroundings of the vehicle, a driver information acquisition portion acquiring driver information that allows identification of the driver for the vehicle, a generation portion generating a personalized saliency map based on the captured image and the driver information, the personalized saliency map that serves as a saliency map for the captured image and that differs depending on the driver, and a determination portion determining whether or not the driver looks at a visual confirmation target in the surroundings of the vehicle by comparing the gaze distribution detected by the gaze detection portion and the personalized saliency map generated by the generation portion.
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12 Claims
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1. A driving assistance apparatus comprising:
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a gaze detection portion detecting a gaze distribution of a driver for a vehicle; an image acquisition portion acquiring a captured image from an imaging device that captures an image in surroundings of the vehicle; a driver information acquisition portion acquiring driver information that allows identification of the driver for the vehicle; a generation portion generating a personalized saliency map based on the captured image and the driver information, the personalized saliency map that serves as a saliency map for the captured image and that differs depending on the driver; and a determination portion determining whether or not the driver looks at a visual confirmation target in the surroundings of the vehicle by comparing the gaze distribution detected by the gaze detection portion and the personalized saliency map generated by the generation portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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