US 12,351,204 B2
Monitoring system, storage medium storing computer program for monitoring and method for monitoring
Takeshi Sawada, Tokyo-to (JP); Jiro Fujino, Tokyo-to (JP); Kenichiroh Hara, Yokohama (JP); and Satoru Kawakami, Tokyo-to (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/224,303.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-165460 (JP), filed on Oct. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0124013 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 50/16 (2013.01) [B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2540/227 (2020.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring system comprising:
a controller configured to notify a driver of information in a tactually recognizable manner; and
a processor configured to
determine whether a seat position of a driver's seat in which a driver is sitting is within a recommended range that represents an extent of the seat position where the driver sitting in the driver's seat can drive a vehicle,
notify the driver of a move request requiring to adjust the seat position within the recommended range through the controller based on the determination that the seat position is not within the recommended range, and
determine whether to stop the vehicle based on the determination that the seat position is not within the recommended range after a predetermined period has elapsed subsequently to the notification of the move request.