Subaru Ascent 2023 Manual page 407

1 Camera
CAUTION
. Always use the utmost care in
driving
– Overconfidence because you
are driving a vehicle with the
Driver Monitoring System
could easily lead to a serious
accident.
. This system cannot detect if the
driver is feeling drowsy or is
concentrating on safe driving.
. It cannot judge if the driver is
awake or asleep, if their driving
abilities have diminished, or if
they are concentrating on safe
driving.
. In some circumstances, the sys-
tem may not be able to correctly
detect the driver state.
NOTE
. The user recognition camera does
not save images, audio, or video.
. The Driver Monitoring System may
not operate correctly when sunlight
is shining into the vehicle in the
following ways.
– Sunlight is shining directly (or
through glass) onto the user
recognition camera.
– There are shadows on the dri-
ver's face caused by sunlight (or
any light with a strong infrared
component).
– There are large momentary fluc-
tuations in the strength of the
sunlight (or any light with a
strong infrared component) shin-
ing on the face.
. Correct detection may not be possi-
ble when a device that includes an
infrared light source (such as a
commercially available Driver Mon-
itoring System) is installed in the
vehicle interior.
Driver Monitoring System
. The Driver Monitoring System may
not operate correctly at the following
times when the driver is wearing
glasses or sunglasses.
– The sunglasses do not allow the
easy passage of infrared light.
– The surrounding scenery is re-
flected strongly in the lenses of
the glasses or sunglasses.
– The eyes are hidden by the frame
of the glasses and the user
recognition camera cannot de-
tect the eyes.
– The light from an infrared light
source (LED) is reflected in the
lenses of the glasses or sun-
glasses.
– The driver is wearing an eye-
patch.
– The driver is wearing a hat set
deeply over the eyes.
. Depending on the type of mask,
correct detection of inattentive/
drowsy driving may not be possible.
. Correct user recognition is not pos-
sible if the eyes, nose, or mouth is
covered with a mask, muffler, sun-
glasses, or other item.
. The Driver Monitoring System may
not operate correctly when the eye-
brows, eyes, nose, or mouth is
hidden due to item that is between
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