Patent ID: 9221386
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B60K,B60Q,G06K,G08G

Abstract:
1. A warning apparatus comprising: a gazing direction detecting unit for detecting a gazing direction of an occupant of a vehicle based on a viewing direction or a facial direction of the occupant; a visual distraction judging unit for judging that the occupant is visually distracted if the gazing direction of the occupant is angularly spaced from a front direction of the occupant by a predetermined angle or greater; and a warning unit for issuing a visual warning at a position that can be recognized visually by the occupant if the visual distraction judging unit judges that the occupant is visually distracted, wherein the warning unit is disposed at a predetermined position in an interior of the vehicle on at least one hypothetical boundary line, the at least one hypothetical boundary line being positioned at the predetermined angle from the front direction of the occupant on at least one of left and right sides of the front direction of the occupant so that the at least one hypothetical boundary line represents a boundary for judging whether the occupant is visually distracted based on the gazing direction.