US 12,246,743 B2
Biological state guidance device, biological state guidance method, and storage medium
Ryo Kimura, Wako (JP); Tsuyoshi Nojiri, Wako (JP); and Hiroko Adachi, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/119,874.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-059112 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356740 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/16 (2013.01) [B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2540/01 (2020.02); B60W 2540/221 (2020.02); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A biological state guidance device comprising:
multiple sensors configured to acquire information regarding a biological state of a driver of a vehicle;
an audio sensor stimulus generation device for generating an audio stimulus to the driver;
a vibration stimulus generation device for stimulating a fellow passenger by vibrations; and
a controller configured to
estimate the biological state of the driver based on the information from the multiple sensors;
decide on a target value that is an index for setting the biological state of the driver as a target state;
control the audio stimulus generation device for generating the audio stimulus for guidance so that the biological state of the driver is close to a target value based on the estimated biological state and the target value;
acquire fellow passenger information about the fellow passenger of the vehicle other than the driver;
decide on a target state of a biological state of the fellow passenger based on the fellow passenger information; and
control the vibration stimulus generation device
wherein the controller generates the vibrations for guiding the fellow passenger to have the target state as the biological state, and
wherein the controller generates the vibrations in a case where the target value of the driver is different from the target state of the fellow passenger.