Patent ID: 11884280
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle control device comprising:
a central processing unit that acquires speech data related to a speech of a speaker, the central processing unit determines whether or not the speaker indicated by the speech data is a driver; and
a camera that acquires image data including an image of the speaker;
wherein the central processing unit transmits the speech data and the image data to an alcohol level determining model, the image data including a complexion, a facial expression, and a motion of the speaker,
wherein the alcohol level determining model determines an alcohol level based on the speech data and the complexion, the facial expression, and the motion of the speaker from the image data;
wherein the central processing unit:
acquires the speech data from speech for performing a start operation, the start operation being an operation performed by the driver with respect to a vehicle to start driving the vehicle, wherein the start operation is performed by the speech of the driver;
determines whether the speaker is in an intoxicated state outside of the vehicle, based on the alcohol level;
upon determination that the speaker is in an intoxicated state outside of the vehicle, restricts an operation of opening a driver's door of the vehicle;
upon determination that the speaker is not in an intoxicated state outside of the vehicle, and after an opening of the driver's door of the vehicle, determines whether the speaker is in an intoxicated state in a driver's seat of the vehicle, based on the alcohol level; and
upon determination that the speaker is in an intoxicated state in the driver's seat of the vehicle, restricts starting of an engine of the vehicle.