US 12,263,810 B2
Travel control apparatus, travel control method, and non-transitory storage medium
Tatsuki Akutsu, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/760,839
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/026356
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/059657, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-175074 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332286 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); B60R 25/25 (2013.01); B60R 25/30 (2013.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01); B60R 25/34 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC B60R 25/25 (2013.01) [B60R 25/305 (2013.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01); B60R 25/34 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06V 20/593 (2022.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus comprising:
at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
acquire a first image from a camera in a vehicle;
perform a first determination to determine if a user of the vehicle is present within the vehicle, based on the first image;
output, based on the first determination indicating that the user is present within the vehicle, permission to run the vehicle;
perform a second determination to determine if a user change condition is satisfied;
acquire, based on the user change condition being satisfied, a second image from the camera;
perform a third determination to determine if the user of the vehicle is present within the vehicle, based on the second image; and
perform error processing, based on the third determination indicating that the user is not present within the vehicle.