US 12,175,771 B2
Control system for vehicle and control method for vehicle
Ryota Tomizawa, Susono (JP); Shozo Takaba, Chiryu (JP); Ayako Shimizu, Numazu (JP); Hojung Jung, Shizuoka-ken (JP); Daisuke Sato, Toyota (JP); and Yasuhiro Kobatake, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,525.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-092582 (JP), filed on Jun. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0383647 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); B60R 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 20/59 (2022.01) [G06Q 20/14 (2013.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); B60R 7/04 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system for a vehicle, the control system comprising:
a camera mounted on the vehicle and configured to take an image of an occupant of the vehicle;
an anti-droplet protective equipment providing device mounted on the vehicle and configured to provide anti-droplet protective equipment to the occupant;
one or more processors configured to determine whether the occupant is wearing the anti-droplet protective equipment based on the image of the occupant taken by the camera;
the one more processors further configured to provide the anti-droplet protective equipment to the occupant with the anti-droplet protective equipment providing device when the one more processors determine that the occupant is not wearing the anti-droplet protective equipment;
an information acquisition device configured to acquire related information of the occupant, the related information including gender, physique, and preferences including color, size, pattern, and brand for the anti-droplet protective equipment;
the one or more processors are further configured to select the anti-droplet protective equipment that suits the occupant based on the related information of the occupant that is acquired by the information acquisition device, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to provide the anti-droplet protective equipment selected by the one or more processors to the occupant with the anti-droplet protective equipment providing device;
the one or more processors are further configured to estimate whether a risk of droplet infection in the vehicle is higher than a predetermined standard based on a traveling condition of the vehicle that includes a type of traveling route and a traveling time, the traveling condition being stored in advance, the one or more processors are further configured to, when the one more processors determine that the occupant is not wearing the anti-droplet protective equipment, perform provision of the anti-droplet protective equipment to the occupant by the anti-droplet protective equipment providing device when the one or more processors estimate that the risk of droplet infection is higher than the predetermined standard, and stop provision of the anti-droplet protective equipment to the occupant by the anti-droplet protective equipment providing device when the one or more processors estimate that the risk of droplet infection is lower than the predetermined standard; and
an infection risk sensor that is configured to detect a state quantity representing the risk of droplet infection, the state quantity including a number of vehicle occupants.