IP Library Granted Patent US 12,272,159
Granted Patent B2
US 12,272,159 · App. 17/826,403 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Driving analysis device and driving analysis method for analyzing driver tendency

Inventors: Keisuke Kurokawa (Kariya, JP); Kaname Ogawa (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 12,272,159
App. No.
17/826,403
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a driving analysis device, an information generation unit generates a time series of detection elements including a line-of-sight direction indicating to which of a plurality of preset viewable areas a line of sight of a driver driving a vehicle is oriented and an open/closed state of driver's eyes. An acquisition unit acquires evaluation data from the time series of the detection elements using a time window having a preset time width. An extraction unit extracts a plurality of feature quantities including at least a result of summation of appearance frequencies with respect to each of the detection elements from the evaluation data. An analysis unit analyzes a driver's tendency using a function that receives, as input, at least a part of the feature quantities extracted by the extraction unit.

Claims (34)

1. A driving analysis device comprising:

an information generation unit configured to generate a time series of detection elements including a line-of-sight direction indicating to which of a plurality of preset viewable areas a line of sight of a driver driving a vehicle is oriented and an open/closed state of driver's eyes;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire evaluation data from the time series of the detection elements using a time window having a preset time width;

an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of feature quantities including at least a result of summation of appearance frequencies with respect to each of the detection elements from the evaluation data;

an analysis unit configured to analyze a driver's tendency using a function receiving, as input, at least a part of the feature quantities extracted by the extraction unit; and

a display configured to display the at least the part of the feature quantities extracted by the extraction unit in a form of radar chart.

2. The driving analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display is configured to use, as a reference value shown in the radar chart, either a mean value of the feature quantities about an indefinite number of drivers or a mean value of the feature quantities about the driver as an analysis target of the driving analysis device acquired in past.

3. The driving analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the feature quantities extracted by the extraction unit include a value indicating a feature of state transition within an identical detection element or between the plurality of the detection elements.

4. The driving analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the analysis unit is configured to use either a support vector machine or a neural network as the function.

5. A driving analysis device comprising:

an information generation unit configured to generate a time series of detection elements including a line-of-sight direction indicating to which of a plurality of preset viewable areas a line of sight of a driver driving a vehicle is oriented and an open/closed state of driver's eyes;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire evaluation data from the time series of the detection elements using a time window having a preset time width;

an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of feature quantities including at least a result of summation of appearance frequencies with respect to each of the detection elements from the evaluation data; and

an analysis unit configured to analyze a driver's tendency using a function receiving, as input, at least a part of the feature quantities extracted by the extraction unit, wherein

the analysis unit is configured to use, as the function, a regression function obtained using either a Random forest or Gradient Boosting.

6. The driving analysis device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the analysis unit is configured to use at least a result of computation on two or more target feature quantities selected from the feature quantities as comparative data used for branch determination at each node in a regression tree used for generating the regression function, and

wherein, for the target feature quantities, the feature quantities that are identical in unit of value are selected.

7. A driving analysis method comprising:

generating a time series of detection elements, the detection elements including a line-of-sight direction indicating to which of a plurality of preset viewable areas a line of sight of a driver driving a vehicle is oriented and an open/closed state of driver's eyes;

acquiring evaluation data from the time series of the detection elements using a time window having a preset time width;

extracting a plurality of feature quantities including at least a result of summation of appearance frequencies with respect to each of the detection elements from the evaluation data;

analyzing a driver's tendency by using a function receiving, as input, at least a part of the feature quantities extracted; and

displaying the at least the part of the feature quantities extracted in a form of radar chart.

8. A driving analysis device comprising:

a processor and a memory configured to:

generate a time series of detection elements including a line-of-sight direction indicating to which of a plurality of preset viewable areas a line of sight of a driver driving a vehicle is oriented and an open/closed state of driver's eyes;

acquire evaluation data from the time series of the detection elements using a time window having a preset time width;

extract a plurality of feature quantities including at least a result of summation of appearance frequencies with respect to each of the detection elements from the evaluation data;

analyze a driver's tendency using a function receiving, as input, at least a part of the feature quantities extracted; and

display the at least the part of the feature quantities extracted in a form of radar chart.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2022
From: KUROKAWA, KEISUKE; OGAWA, KANAME
To: DENSO CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-218107 · Dec 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020044557 · Nov 30, 2020
Related Publication 20220284718A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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