Patent ID: 7482938
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: B60N,G08B

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-occupant's status detecting device provided in a vehicle having a running-supporting device for actively assisting driving operations of a vehicle-occupant in the vehicle while the vehicle is moving, the vehicle-occupant's status detecting device comprising: a biological data detecting device having a vibration-detecting sensor which detects biological data of the vehicle-occupant; and a detection-permitting device which permits the biological data detecting device to detect the biological data of the vehicle occupant, only the running-supporting device is activated and in operation while the vehicle is moving, and detection of a decrease of at least one of a pedal operation, a steering operation, and a shifting operation while the vehicle is moving; and an output device which displays results detected by the biological data detecting device or issues an alarm when an abnormality is detected in the results detected by the biological data detecting device.