US 12,459,355 B2
Driver support system, driver support method, and storage medium
Keisuke Nakamura, Wako (JP); Satoru Shinkawa, Wako (JP); Tomohiro Imai, Wako (JP); Shigenobu Mitsuzawa, Wako (JP); Hideki Sakai, Wako (JP); Hiroshi Ono, Wako (JP); and Masahiro Kimura, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/460,211.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-146525 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083245 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 28/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 28/06 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4803 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driver support system comprising a processor, wherein
the processor:
acquires biometric data of a driver of a moving object;
evaluates a health condition of the driver based on the biometric data of the driver;
when estimating based on the biometric data for the driver that the health condition of the driver is good, applies a predetermined first setting to at least one of a setting of an inter-vehicle distance with a front vehicle traveling in front of the moving object and a setting of a start condition of an automatic braking; and
when estimating based on the biometric data for the driver that the health condition of the driver is poor,
executes an interaction operation for interactive response with the driver using an HMI (Human Machine Interface) device mounted on the moving object, thereby acquiring a response input, which is a response of the driver to a response facilitating output that facilitates the driver to respond in the interaction operation;
determines the health condition of the driver based on a degree of suitability of the response input to the response facilitating output; and
when determining based on the degree of suitability that the health condition of the driver is good after estimating based on the biometric data that the health condition of the driver is poor, applies a predetermined second setting, which is different from the first setting, to the at least one of the setting of the inter-vehicle distance with the front vehicle traveling in front of the moving object and the start condition of the automatic braking.