Patent ID: 7466847
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: B60R,G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A driver's appearance recognition system comprising: a camera which captures a face image of a driver's face; infrared light radiation means for radiating an infrared ray to the driver's face and changing illumination intensity according to the amount of supplied current when the camera captures the face image; appearance recognition control means for, based on a face image captured by the camera, executing a first driver's appearance recognition process to recognize a driver's appearance and a second driver's appearance recognition process different from the first driver's appearance recognition process and for controlling the camera and the infrared light radiation means; current amount control means for providing control riding detection means for detecting that a driver gets into a vehicle, wherein the appearance recognition control means includes: second execution means for executing the second driver's appearance recognition process using the face image captured by the camera under condition that the infrared light radiation means is supplied with current from the current amount control means configured to the second setup value.