DRIVER'S FACE STATE NOTIFICATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF PREVENTING ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE CARELESSNESS OF A DRIVER

摘要

PURPOSE: A driver's face state notification device is provided to allow people outside a vehicle to easily recognize whether a driver confirms the outside of the vehicle or not.;CONSTITUTION: A driver's face state notification device comprises a camera(11), an image processing unit(12), a control unit(13), an image conversion unit(14), a display unit(15), and right and left lamps(16,17). The camera films a face of a driver(2). The image processing unit detects a face state of a driver based on a filmed face image of the driver. The control unit and the image conversion unit generates a notification information to which changes of the face state is applied based on the detected face image of the driver. The display unit and the right and left lamps inform the people outside a vehicle of the generated notification information.;COPYRIGHT KIPO 2013;[Reference numerals] (12) Image processing unit; (13) Control unit; (14) Image conversion unit; (15) Display unit; (16,17) Right and left lamps