Bodily state detection apparatus
First Claim
1. A bodily state detection apparatus comprising:
- optical input means for receiving images of a predetermined area including the face of a subject person;
illumination means for illuminating said subject person, said illumination means being positioned so that at least near said subject person, the direction of illumination substantially coincides with an optical axis from said subject person to said optical input means;
pupil extraction means for extracting at least one of pupil position and pupil shape of said subject person based upon brightest locations of the images output from said optical input means; and
bodily state judgment means for judging the bodily state of said subject person by use of the result of the pupil extraction performed by said pupil extraction means.
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Abstract
A bodily state detection apparatus comprising a CCD camera, an infrared LED device, a pickup image memory, a pupil extraction circuit and a bodily state judgment circuit. The CCD camera inputs images of a predetermined area including the subject person'"'"'s face. The infrared LED device illuminates the subject person in such a way that the optical axis of the camera and the direction of the illumination coincide with each other. The pickup image memory stores temporarily the output data of the CCD camera. The pupil extraction circuit extracts the subject person'"'"'s pupil position from the pickup images. The bodily state judgment circuit judges the subject person'"'"'s bodily state by use of the result of pupil extraction performed by the pupil extraction circuit.
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1. A bodily state detection apparatus comprising:
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optical input means for receiving images of a predetermined area including the face of a subject person; illumination means for illuminating said subject person, said illumination means being positioned so that at least near said subject person, the direction of illumination substantially coincides with an optical axis from said subject person to said optical input means; pupil extraction means for extracting at least one of pupil position and pupil shape of said subject person based upon brightest locations of the images output from said optical input means; and bodily state judgment means for judging the bodily state of said subject person by use of the result of the pupil extraction performed by said pupil extraction means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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