摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a doze detecting apparatus having improved detection (determination) precision. <P>SOLUTION: The doze detecting apparatus has a blink detecting means for detecting blinks of the eyes, an eye movement detecting means for detecting movement of the eyes, and a determining means for determining that the degree of awakening is dropped when lateral slow eye movement (SEM) accompanying closing of the eyelids is detected within a predetermined time Th-SEM from a point of time that a blink of the eyes is detected by the blink detecting means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |