| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a face image pick-up apparatus for a vehicle which can image always frontal view of driver's face appropriately, irrespective of angle adjustment in the vertical direction of a steering wheel due to a tilt mechanism. <P>SOLUTION: A steering wheel 13 is set to be adjustable for inclination angle to the vertical direction by a tilt mechanism 15. A CCD camera 20 for imaging a driver m's face and a near-infrared LED 21 for irradiating light to the driver m's eyeball for detection of the direction of eyes are arranged at forward side from the steering wheel 13. The CCD camera 20 is disposed vertically above a central axis line A of the steering wheel 13 and vertically above the upper end 13a of the steering wheel 13 when the steering wheel 13 is displaced to the upper limit position by the tilt mechanism 15, in front view of the steering wheel 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
