METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING WHETHER A SEAT BELT IS USED IN A VEHICLEA computer implemented method for detecting whether a seat belt is used in a vehicle comprises the following steps carried out by computer hardware components: acquiring an image of an interior of the…DRIVE·Oct 9·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG [CH]
CENTRALIZED OCCUPANCY DETECTION SYSTEMA centralized occupancy detection system enables monitoring of multiple seats, or more generally, multiple stations, with a single sensor. One illustrative vehicle includes: one or more stations each …DRIVE·Nov 30·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534AyDeeKay LLC dba Indie Semiconductor
OCCUPANCY DETECTION SYSTEMAn occupancy detection system for at least one vehicle seat includes: an antenna arrangement having an antenna; a control device that applies a radio-frequency transmission signal to, and receives a r…DRIVE·Feb 2·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
SEATING STATE DETECTION DEVICEA seating state detection device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection signal group in a predetermined period that is output as a result of transmission and reception of waves…DRIVE·Dec 15·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534AISIN CORPORATION
CABIN MONITORING SYSTEMMethods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring a vehicle. The system includes a sensor of the vehicle configured to detect sensor data indicating a presence of an object, occupant, or pet within the v…DRIVE·Aug 4·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
CENTRALIZED OCCUPANCY DETECTION SYSTEMA centralized occupancy detection system enables monitoring of multiple seats, or more generally, multiple stations, with a single sensor. One illustrative vehicle includes: one or more stations each …DRIVE·Jul 28·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534Ay Dee Kay LLC dba Indie Semiconducto
RIDER MONITORING USING DEPTH SENSORAn attraction system includes a sensor configured to emit an output signal toward a guest area and receive a reflected signal from the guest area and a control system communicatively coupled to the se…DRIVE·Sep 2·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534Universal City Studios LLC
VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, PASSENGER WATCHING-OVER METHOD, PASSENGER WATCHING-OVER SYSTEM, AND PASSENGER WATCHING-OVER DEVICEA computer executable method for passengers boarding a vehicle includes: acquiring attribute information for each of passengers; determining a falling-down risk of each passenger individually based on…DRIVE·Apr 15·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534DENSO CORPORATION
3D Time of Flight Active Reflecting Sensing Systems and MethodsThe system and method provide for identification of dynamic objects in an enclosed space and the presence of a component in a primary location. The system uses an active electro-optical 3D sensor, suc…DRIVE·Jan 21·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
OPTOELECTRONIC DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A DETECTION DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLEThe invention relates to an optoelectronic detection device (2) for a motor vehicle with a transmission and reception unit (14), which has a first optical transmitter for transmitting electromagnetic …DRIVE·Apr 27·2 min readFollowB60R21/01534VALEO SCHALTER & SENSOREN GMBH [DE]
Actively-illuminating optical sensing system for an automobileAn automotive occupant position restraint apparatus (22) senses a position of an occupant (10, 16) of a motor vehicle (14). An optical energy source (30) emits optical energy that is substantially lim…DRIVE·May 3·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534DELPHI TECH INC [US]
Identification and labeling of beam images of a structured beam matrixA technique (800) for identifying beam images of a beam matrix includes a number of steps. Initially, a plurality of light beams of a beam matrix, which are arranged in rows and columns, are received …DRIVE·Sep 14·2 min readFollowB60R21/01534DELPHI TECH INC [US]
Adaptive Lighting control for vision-based occupant sensingAn object surface characterization system (1) with adaptive lighting control includes a light projector (12A), a light source (52), a camera (17), a processor (19) and a memory subsystem (21). The pro…DRIVE·Aug 24·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534DELPHI TECH INC [US]
Infrared out-of-position detection system and method for a vehicle restraint systemAn improved infrared occupant detection system (10) that provides accurate and reliable occupant intrusion information at a speed sufficient to timely inhibit or otherwise control deployment of occupa…DRIVE·Nov 3·2 min readFollowB60R21/01534DELPHI TECH INC [US]
Air bag module with ventA vehicle occupant protection apparatus (10) comprises a seat belt system (50) having a buckled condition and an unbuckled condition, and a sensor (56) for determining the buckled condition of the sea…DRIVE·Oct 29·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS [US]
Control device for triggering a restraint system, especially for air bagsThe airbag release system has a sensor device for directing a radiation beam into the automobile passenger space and detecting the reflected radiation via a number of sensor elements (26), providing s…DRIVE·Jul 11·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534SIEMENS AG [DE]
