SELECTIVELY REPOSITIONABLE AIRBAG MODULE FOR A VEHICLEA selectively repositionable airbag module for a vehicle includes a housing having enclosable side walls defining an interior zone. The enclosable side walls include a support surface. An airbag is ar…DRIVE·Nov 14·1 min readFollowB60R21/01512GM Global Technology Operations LLC
VEHICLE OCCUPANCY MONITORMethods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for monitoring a vehicle are disclosed. A vehicle monitoring system for monitoring a vehicle includes one or m…DRIVE·Nov 30·1 min readFollowB60R21/01512Alarm.com Incorporated
ADJUSTING INTERIOR CONFIGURATION OF A VEHICLE BASED ON VEHICLE CONTENTSSystems and methods are provided for improving safety of one or more vehicle occupants. An example method for improving safety of one or more vehicle occupants includes accessing interior vehicle conf…DRIVE·Apr 13·1 min readFollowB60R21/01512STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
Motor Vehicle Having at Least One Retaining DeviceA motor vehicle has a passenger compartment for at least one vehicle user and has at least one sensor device for detecting a location of the vehicle user in the passenger compartment. At least one ret…DRIVE·Mar 9·1 min readFollowB60R21/01512Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Method for Detecting State of Presence of Object in VehicleSystems and techniques are described herein for detecting a state of presence of a given object in a vehicle. In aspects, techniques include processing data received over time from various devices in …DRIVE·Dec 29·1 min readFollowB60R21/01512Aptiv Technologies Limited
SENSING THE INGRESS OF WATER INTO A VEHICLESystem, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to sensing ingress of water in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring, from a radar of a vehicle, radar data about a p…DRIVE·Dec 8·1 min readFollowB60R21/01512Toyota Connected North America, Inc.
ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF VEHICULAR MODULE TO CEILING OF VEHICLE CABINAn attachment structure of a vehicular module to a ceiling of a vehicle cabin of a vehicle includes a design member. The design member is configured to attach, to the ceiling, the module including an …DRIVE·Dec 1·2 min readFollowB60R21/01512SUBARU CORPORATION
VEHICLE OCCUPANCY MONITORMethods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for monitoring a vehicle are disclosed. A vehicle monitoring system for monitoring a vehicle includes one or m…DRIVE·Mar 31·1 min readFollowB60R21/01512Alarm.com Incorporated
VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEMThe invention describes a vehicle occupant restraint system () comprising a control unit and at least two restraint elements () for the protection of lower extremities () in the area of a footwell () …DRIVE·Nov 11·2 min readFollowB60R21/01512ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
ADJUSTING INTERIOR CONFIGURATION OF A VEHICLE BASED ON VEHICLE CONTENTSSystems and methods are provided for improving safety of one or more vehicle occupants. An example method for improving safety of one or more vehicle occupants includes accessing interior vehicle conf…DRIVE·May 27·1 min readFollowB60R21/01512STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
Synchronous demodulation circuit with precision track-and-hold and peak detecting circuit, occupant detection system comprising such circuit, corresponding demodulation and occupant detection methodA synchronous demodulation circuit (100) uses a digitally controlled track-and-hold circuit (106) to capture the peak amplitude of a rectified signal. A microcontroller (108) controls the track-and-ho…DRIVE·May 17·1 min readFollowB60R21/01512DELPHI TECH INC [US]
Method and device for controlling a motor-driven seatbelt retractorIn order to provide a method and a device for controlling a seatbelt retractor in which a smooth seatbelt retraction for a vehicle occupant is achieved while a waste of power consumption of a battery …DRIVE·Jul 20·2 min readFollowB60R21/01512TAKATA CORP [JP]
IN-VEHICLE HUMAN BODY DETECTING METHODChest motion associated with breathing is detected to obtain a breathing motion signal representing the chest motion in the form of an electrical signal; then, the times at which specific points occur…DRIVE·Apr 27·1 min readFollowB60R21/01512FUJITSU TEN LTD [JP]
Method of characterizing an adult occupant of a vehicle seat based on a measure of seated weightA weight-based occupant characterization method reliably distinguishes between large and small adult occupants by dynamically adjusting a threshold used to distinguish between large and small adult oc…DRIVE·Apr 13·1 min readFollowB60R21/01512DELPHI TECH INC [US]
Seating sensor system, failure state detecting method using seating sensor and industrial vehicle with seating sensor systemA seating sensor (11) detects whether a seat (2) is occupied by a person. A microcomputer (12) determines whether the seat (2) is occupied by a person based on the output of the seating sensor (11). I…DRIVE·Dec 1·1 min readFollowB60R21/01512TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI KK [JP]
