US 12,344,190 B2
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium
Haisong Liu, Tokyo (JP); and Ryo Morosawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,344.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-050004 (JP), filed on Mar. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306042 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/25 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01)
CPC B60R 25/01 (2013.01) [B60R 25/25 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control device comprising:
a processor configured to execute a program to:
image surroundings of a vehicle;
detect a first face of a person in the surroundings with a first accuracy using an imaging result of the imaging of the surroundings at a first power consumption;
operate the imaging of the surroundings with a second power consumption higher than the first power consumption when the first face is detected, and determine whether or not the first face is a second face of a registered user registered in advance with a second accuracy higher than the first accuracy using the imaging result of the imaging operating with the second power consumption;
release a lock of a door according to a result of the determination whether or not the first face is the second face of the registered user; and
set a detection area in which the first face has been detected as a determination prohibition area in which additional determinations of any face, including the first face, are not performed when it is determined that the first face is not the second face of the registered user.