ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,388, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Driver imaging device" was invented by Shunichiroh Sawai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver imaging device 1 includes a driver monitor camera 10 fixed to a vehicle front side with respect to a driver's seat in a vehicle interior of a vehicle, and configured to capture an image of a driver. The driver monitor camera 10 includes a camera ECU 11. The camera ECU 11 estimates a traveling direction of the vehicle based on at least one of acceleration information of an acceleration sensor 2 of the vehicle and acceleration information of an in-camera ac...