Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Face image capturing device and driver condition determination device
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Application No.: US15104915Application Date: 2014-12-08
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Publication No.: US10019638B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Takuhiro Omi
- Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya, Aichi-pref.
- Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya, Aichi-pref.
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-261880 20131218
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/006117 WO 20141208
- International Announcement: WO2015/093004 WO 20150625
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G03B3/02 ; G08B21/06 ; H04N5/232 ; G03B15/00 ; G06K9/32 ; G06K9/42

Abstract:
In a face image capturing device, a focal point of a fixed-focus in-vehicle camera is set to a position where a circle of confusion with respect to a foremost face position is larger than the circle of confusion with respect to a rearmost face position. The rearmost face position is where the driver's face is positioned when a driver's seat is moved to the rearmost limit. The foremost face position is where the driver's face is positioned when the driver's seat is moved to the foremost limit. When the focal point of the in-vehicle camera is set to the above position, the focal point can be moved rearward to reduce the blurring of a face image at the rearmost face position. Even if the blurring of the face image at the rearmost face position is increased, a driver condition can be accurately determined at all times.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160314366A1 FACE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND DRIVER CONDITION DETERMINATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-10-27
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