Patent ID: 11919534
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 20:
21. A method of guiding a state of a driver usable in a vehicle, performable by at least one processor, the method comprising:
a state identifying step identifying a present state of the driver of the vehicle;
a target state estimating step estimating a target state, which is a state to which the present state of the driver is guided;
a route predicting step providing a predicted route of the vehicle;
a situation predicting step predicting a situation in the predicted route;
a planning step planning, as a stimulus plan, a stimulus to be used in the predicted route to guide the present state of the driver to the target state, according to:
(i) the driver state identified by the state identifying step,
(ii) the target state estimated by the target presuming step and
(iii) the situation on the predicted route predicted by the situation predicting step; and

a stimulus controlling step providing a stimulus for the driver according to the stimulus plan planned by the planning step.