Notification control device, notification control method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12447986-B2
Application number	US-202318372181-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2023
Priority date	Sep 29, 2022
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

A notification control device performs: detecting a sightline of a driver; causing an information output device to output a first warning when a first condition is satisfied; and causing the information output device to output a second warning when a second condition is satisfied. The first condition is a condition that the driver's sight line is out of a predetermined range in which the driver is considered to see a view in front of the mobile object and a state in which the sightline is out of the range is maintained for a first time. The second condition is a condition that the driver's sightline is out of the range, a risky object to be noticed is present in a reference area, and the state in which the sightline is out of the range is maintained for a second time shorter than the first time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A notification control device comprising:
a non-transitory computer storage medium storing computer-readable instructions; and
one or more processors connected to the non-transitory computer storage medium,
wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to perform operations, comprising:
detecting a sightline of a driver of a mobile object;
causing an information output device representative of at least one of a human machine interface device or a steering wheel device, which is configured to output a warning to a driver, to output a first warning when a first condition is satisfied; and
causing the information output device to output a second warning when a second condition is satisfied,

wherein the first condition is a condition that the driver's sightline sight line is out of a predetermined range in which the driver is considered to see a view in front of the mobile object and a state in which the sightline is out of the range is maintained for a first time, and
wherein the second condition is a condition that the driver's sightline is out of the range, a risky object to be noticed is present in a reference area set with respect to the mobile object, and the state in which the sightline is out of the range is maintained for a second time shorter than the first time.

2. The notification control device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to perform further operations, comprising: detecting a face direction of the driver,
wherein the first condition is a condition that the face direction of the driver is out of a predetermined range in which the driver is considered to see a view in front of the mobile object and a state in which the face direction is out of the range is maintained for a first time, and
wherein the second condition is a condition that the face direction of the driver is out of the range, a risky object to be noticed is present in a reference area set with respect to the mobile object, and the state in which the face direction is out of the range is maintained for a second time shorter than the first time.

3. The notification control device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to perform further operations, comprising:
causing the information output device to output the first warning when the first condition is satisfied after the information output device has output the first warning and a third time longer than the second time elapses after the first warning has been output; and
causing the information output device not to output the first warning when the first condition is satisfied after the information output device has output the first warning and the third time does not elapse after the first warning has been output.

4. The notification control device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to perform further operations, comprising:
causing the information output device to output the second warning when the second condition is satisfied after the information output device has output the first warning and a third time longer than the second time elapses after the first warning has been output; and
causing the information output device not to output the second warning when the second condition is satisfied after the information output device has output the first warning and the third time does not elapse after the first warning has been output.

5. The notification control device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to perform further operations, comprising:
causing the information output device to output the first warning when the first condition is satisfied after the information output device has output the second warning and a third time longer than the second time elapses after the second warning has been output; and
causing the information output device not to output the first warning when the first condition is satisfied after the information output device has output the second warning and the third time does not elapse after the second warning has been output.

6. The notification control device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to perform further operations, comprising:
causing the information output device to output the second warning when the second condition is satisfied after the information output device has output the second warning and a third time longer than the second time elapses after the second warning has been output; and
causing the information output device not to output the second warning when the second condition is satisfied after the information output device has output the second warning and the third time does not elapse after the second warning has been output.

7. The notification control device according to claim 1 , wherein the reference area set with respect to the mobile object is a reference area including a trajectory along which the mobile object is scheduled to move.

8. The notification control device according to claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to perform further operations, comprising: setting a length of the reference area on the basis of a speed of the mobile object.

9. The notification control device according to claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to perform further operations, comprising:
setting the reference area according to behavior of the mobile object when the mobile object moves straight, turns right, or turns left; and
setting a width of the reference area in a traveling direction of the mobile object when the mobile object turns right or left to be longer than a width of the reference area in the traveling direction of the mobile object when the mobile object moves straight.

10. A notification control method that is performed by a computer, the notification control method comprising:
a step of detecting a sightline of a driver of a mobile object;
a step of causing an information output device representative of at least one of a human machine interface device or a steering wheel device, which is configured to output a warning to a driver, to output a first warning when a first condition is satisfied; and
a step of causing the information output device to output a second warning when a second condition is satisfied,
wherein the first condition is a condition that the driver's sightline sight line is out of a predetermined range in which the driver is considered to see a view in front of the mobile object and a state in which the sightline is out of the range is maintained for a first time, and
wherein the second condition is a condition that the driver's sightline is out of the range, a risky object to be noticed is present in a reference area set with respect to the mobile object, and the state in which the sightline is out of the range is maintained for a second time shorter than the first time.

11. A non-transitory computer storage medium storing a program, the program causing a computer perform:
a process of detecting a sightline of a driver of a mobile object;
a process of causing an information output device representative of at least one of a human machine interface device or a steering wheel device, which is configured to output a warning to a driver, to output a first warning when a first condition is satisfied; and
a process of causing the information output device to output a second warning when a second condi

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujimoto Gakuyo
• Tsuchiya Masamitsu
• Yoshimura Misako
• Saigusa Shigenobu

Classifications

• B60W30/0956

  the prediction being responsive to traffic or environmental parameters · CPC title

• B60W2540/225

  Direction of gaze · CPC title

• B60W2050/146

  Display means · CPC title

• B60W2050/0083

  Setting, resetting, calibration · CPC title

• B60W2540/229

  Attention level, e.g. attentive to driving, reading or sleeping · CPC title