DRIVER'S PHYSICAL CONDITION DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect an abnormality in driver's physical condition at an early stage before an abnormal condition develops.SOLUTION: A driver's physical condition detecting device for detecting a physical condition of a driver who drives a vehicle includes: a vehicle detecting unit for detecting a change in the movement of a traveling vehicle; a driver detecting unit for detecting a change in the movement of driver's head; and a physical condition determining unit for executing determination processing whether the driver's physical condition is abnormal or not on the basis of the change in the movement of the head relative to the change in the movement of the traveling vehicle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1