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US 12,472,922 · App. 18/540,284 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Driving support device

Inventors: Yuki Takahashi (Sunto-gun Shizuoka-ken, JP); Hirokazu Ito (Sunto-gun Shizuoka-ken, JP); Hiroshi Oyagi (Kyoto, JP); Shinya Shiratori (Susono, JP); Norimi Asahara (Numazu, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W10/22B60W40/08B60W50/0098G06V10/82G06V20/59G06V40/174B60W2040/0827B60W2050/009B60W2420/403B60W2540/221B60W2710/226
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Patent No.
US 12,472,922
App. No.
18/540,284
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving support device, in a mobile body having a plurality of seating positions, includes a processor to set a priority order for seating positions when performing improvement control with respect to emotion of an occupant, acquire a captured image and/or biometric information of the occupant, input thereof to a learning model, and output an emotion estimation result of the occupant, select, in accordance with the priority order, an occupant who is seated in a seated position in which the priority order is set to be high, determine the improvement control for the mobile body based on the emotion estimation result of the selected occupant, and control the mobile body based on the determined improvement control.

Claims (11)

1 . A driving support device, provided in a mobile body having a plurality of seating positions, comprising a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to;

set a priority order regarding a seating position with respect to the plurality of seating positions when performing improvement control of the mobile body with respect to emotion of an occupant on the mobile body,

acquire at least one of a captured image and biometric information of the occupant, input thereof to a learning model as an input parameter, and output an emotion estimation result of the occupant as an output parameter,

select, in accordance with the priority order with respect to the plurality of seating positions, an occupant who is seated in a seated position having a highest priority, based on the priority order, among occupants who are desired to be treated under improvement control,

determine the improvement control with respect to the mobile body based on the emotion estimation result of the selected occupant, and

control the mobile body based on the determined improvement control.

2 . The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to set the priority order of the seating position high when the seating position is one of a center position in three seats, a position in the last row in three row seats, and an auxiliary seat.

3 . The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to select, when the emotion estimation result of the occupant includes a feeling of drowsiness, control for reducing a damping force of a damper of the mobile body as the improvement control.

4 . The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, when the emotion estimation result of the occupant includes an emotion of carsick, select control, as the improvement control, to increase a damping force of a damper of the mobile body to reduce a vibration transmission rate.

5 . The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the priority order of the seating position by multiplying the acquired emotion estimation result by a priority level at the seating position and a priority level based on a type of seat.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: TAKAHASHI, YUKI; ITO, HIROKAZU; OYAGI, HIROSHI; SHIRATORI, SHINYA; ASAHARA, NORIMI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-207310 · Dec 23, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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