| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driver monitoring apparatus that detects a face orientation with sufficient accuracy without setting a long base-line length for a camera and without being adversely affected by disturbance. <P>SOLUTION: The driver monitoring apparatus 10 that monitors the face orientation of the driver includes: a supplemental illuminator 22 which illuminates the driver with near-infrared light; a compound-eye camera 21 which captures images of a face of the driver, the compound-eye camera including a plurality of lenses 211a, 211b and an imaging device 214 having imaging areas 214a, 214b each corresponding to one of the lenses 211a, 211b; and an ECU 30 which estimate the face orientation of the driver by processing the images captured by the compound-eye camera 21 and detecting a three-dimensional position of a feature point of the face of the driver, wherein the compound-eye camera 21 is placed in such a manner that a base-line direction coincides with the vertical direction, the base-line direction being a direction in which the lenses 211a, 211b are arranged. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
