Patent ID: 11897484
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle occupant assistance apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
an automatic driving control section that causes the vehicle to travel by automatic driving, based on a route and operation plan;
an activation section that
activates, during the automatic driving, a make-up mode in which an occupant is assisted in applying make-up to the occupant, and
terminates the make-up mode in response to the automatic driving being finished;

an acceleration prediction section that predicts acceleration occurring when the vehicle is traveling by the automatic driving, based on the route and operation plan;
an identification section configured to, in a state where the make-up mode is activated during the automatic driving, identify a site to which the occupant applies make-up; and
a notification section that, in the state where the make-up mode is activated during the automatic driving, notifies of assistance information for assisting the occupant in applying make-up before a predetermined value of the acceleration occurs, based on predicted values of the acceleration, wherein
the activation section activates the make-up mode when a cover part of a mirror part on a sun visor provided in a vehicle cabin is opened,
the notification section is configured to change the predetermined value of the acceleration, according to the site identified, wherein
in response to the site to which the occupant applies make-up being identified as an eye, the notification section is configured to set the predetermined value to a first predetermined value, and
in response to the site to which the occupant applies make-up being identified as a mouth, the notification section is configured to set the predetermined value to a second predetermined value, wherein the first predetermined value is smaller than the second predetermined value,

the acceleration prediction section predicts accelerations in a plurality of directions occurring when the vehicle is traveling by the automatic driving, and
in the state where the make-up mode is activated during the automatic driving, the notification section notifies the occupant of, among the plurality of directions, a direction in which the vehicle will shake, in response to the acceleration predicted in said direction exceeding a corresponding threshold.