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MULTI-SENSOR BODY MEASUREMENT DETECTION AND RESTRAINT CONTROL

A camera measurement module is configured to determine first measurements of an occupant of a seat based on an image captured using a camera within the passenger cabin of the vehicle. A radar measurem…

DRIVE·Jul 17·1 min read

B60R21/01538 MAGNA ELECTRONICS, LLC

CONTROL METHOD FOR DEPLOYING AIRBAG

A control method for deploying airbags includes a model-securing step of acquiring learning data reflecting a state of an in-vehicle person and securing a deep learning model by learning a deep learni…

DRIVE·Nov 28·2 min read

B60R21/01538 HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.

ILLUMINATION CONTROL DEVICE, BIOMETRIC INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATION CONTROL METHOD

An illumination control device includes: an accident detection unit to detect an accident of a vehicle using a signal output from a sensor mounted on the vehicle; a lamp body control unit to command a…

DRIVE·Oct 10·1 min read

B60R21/01538 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ADJUSTABLE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE

A system for managing adjustments for a component of a vehicle includes a time-of-flight sensor configured to generate a point cloud representing a compartment of the vehicle. The system further inclu…

DRIVE·Sep 19·2 min read

B60R21/01538 Ford Global Technologies, LLC

VEHICLE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT MONITORING APPARATUS

A vehicle surrounding environment monitoring apparatus includes an imaging device, a memory, a notifier, and a vehicle control processor. The imaging device acquires surrounding person facial informat…

DRIVE·Sep 19·1 min read

B60R21/01538 SUBARU CORPORATION

SYSTEM FOR NOTIFYING AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE OF UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO HIS OR HER POSSESSIONS

A system for notifying an occupant of a vehicle of unauthorized interaction with his or her possessions includes one or more cameras that collect image data of a surrounding environment of the occupan…

DRIVE·Dec 28·1 min read

B60R21/01538 GM Global Technology Operations LLC

APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING BEHAVIOR OF VEHICLE OCCUPANT AND METHOD FOR THE SAME

To robustly estimate three-dimensional behaviors of an occupant by fusing, through a particle filter, information obtained through vehicle indoor cameras and through vehicle internal information senso…

DRIVE·Sep 21·1 min read

B60R21/01538 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY

APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING BEHAVIOR OF VEHICLE OCCUPANT AND METHOD FOR THE SAME

DRIVE·Sep 21·1 min read

B60R21/01538 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY

DOOR OPENING/CLOSING DETERMINATION DEVICE AND DOOROPENING/CLOSING DETERMINATION METHOD

A vehicle doorway camera includes vehicle doors and a vicinity of the doors in a cabin within an imaging range. A vehicle interior monitoring ECU is provided with a gravity center calculating section …

DRIVE·Jun 15·1 min read

B60R21/01538 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH UNDERBODY CAMERA

A vehicular vision system includes an underbody camera disposed at an underside of a body of a vehicle and viewing a ground surface under the body of the vehicle and being traveled on by the vehicle. …

DRIVE·May 18·2 min read

B60R21/01538 Magna Electronics Inc.

VEHICLE AND PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

A vehicle is configured to transport a passenger through autonomous travel. The vehicle includes an in-vehicle camera configured to image the passenger to generate an image, a camera controller config…

DRIVE·Apr 20·1 min read

B60R21/01538 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

System and Method for Controlling a Driver Facing Camera

A control device for a recorder in an associated vehicle includes a processor and an input port operatively coupled with the processor. The input port receives a parking brake status signal comprising…

DRIVE·Nov 17·1 min read

B60R21/01538 Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHILD PRESENCE DETECTION WITH ACTIVE CHILD PROTECTION INTERLOCKS AND SAFETY WARNINGS

A passenger protection system for a vehicle includes a vehicle sensor control system having at least one processor and computerized memory storing vehicle control software therein, wherein the vehicle…

DRIVE·Jun 30·1 min read

B60R21/01538 Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC

APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AIRBAG OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

An apparatus for operating an airbag of an autonomous vehicle may include: an interior image sensor configured to capture an interior image of a vehicle; an input unit configured to receive collision …

DRIVE·May 26·1 min read

B60R21/01538 HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.

VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD

As described above, in a vehicle control system, in a predetermined condition where a vehicle peripheral condition recognizing unit recognizes a condition where a first user who has been in a vehicle …

DRIVE·Dec 2·1 min read

B60R21/01538 HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

OCCUPANT POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM

An occupant position detection system includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of an occupant seated on a seat provided in an interior of a vehicle, a sensor provided on the seat, a f…

DRIVE·Sep 30·1 min read

B60R21/01538 Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH UNDERCARRIAGE CAMERAS

A vehicular vision system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) disposed at a vehicle and including an image processor that processes image data captured by at least one camera of the vehicle. An …

DRIVE·May 27·1 min read

B60R21/01538 Magna Electronics Inc.

APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BUILD OF OCCUPANT SITTING IN SEAT WITHIN VEHICLE CABIN

In an apparatus for determining a build of an occupant sitting in a seat within a cabin of a vehicle, an image acquirer is configured to acquire an image of the occupant. A position-information calcul…

DRIVE·Apr 22·2 min read

B60R21/01538 DENSO CORPORATION

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIRBAG

An apparatus and a method for controlling an airbag are provided The apparatus includes an imaging device that includes cameras and lights and an image processor that performs an image processing for …

DRIVE·Nov 16·1 min read

B60R21/01538 Hyundai Motor Company

VEHICLE OCCUPANT DETECTION DEVICE

The present invention relates to a vehicle occupant detection device (14, 102) for capturing as an image the behavior of a vehicle occupant (12), who is seated on a seat (34) of a vehicle, by image ca…

DRIVE·Jun 18·1 min read

B60R21/01538 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]

OCCUPANT SENSING DEVICE

Provided is an occupant sensing device which accurately detects the state of an occupant regardless of the influence of extraneous noise, outside light, and the like and the influence of a defect in d…

DRIVE·Mar 12·1 min read

B60R21/01538 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]

Safety system for a vehicle with optical signal transmission

A safety system for a vehicle is provided, which comprises signalling means associated with a seat of the vehicle for emitting an optically detectable signal carrying information related to the seat a…

DRIVE·Jun 14·1 min read

B60R21/01538 IEE SARL [LU]

Object classification method utilizing wavelet signatures of a monocular video image

A stream of images including an area occupied by at least one object are processed to extract wavelet coefficients, and the extracted coefficients are represented as wavelet signatures that are less s…

DRIVE·May 10·1 min read

B60R21/01538 DELPHI TECH INC [US]

Occupant-sensing imaging system

A sensing system for an automotive vehicle comprises at least one imager element and at least one illuminating device to be arranged within an automotive vehicle for sensing the presence of an object …

DRIVE·Apr 26·1 min read

B60R21/01538 IEE SARL [LU]

Infrared proximity sensor for air bag safety

The present invention provides an object proximity sensor system and method to determine the distance between a vehicle occupant, and the system. Once determined, the distance is used in determining w…

DRIVE·Jul 13·2 min read

B60R21/01538 DELPHI TECH INC [US]

Apparatus and method for testing an occupant position sensing system of a vehicle

A method and apparatus (40) for testing an occupant position sensing system (12) of a vehicle (10) includes a motor (42) having a stationary portion (44) and a movable portion (46). A test object (90)…

DRIVE·Mar 23·2 min read

B60R21/01538 TRW AUTOMOTIVE US LLC [US]

Occupant labeling for airbag-related applications

A segmented image (42) of an occupant in a vehicle is input to a k-metric module (60) which generates upper and lower torso metrics with occupant classification. An iterative parameter estimator (66) …

DRIVE·Apr 14·1 min read

B60R21/01538 EATON CORP [US]

Methods and apparatus for obtaining positional information

Apparatus for and methods of obtaining positional information about one or more objects in a detection field are disclosed. An array including a transmitting element and a plurality of receiving eleme…

DRIVE·Sep 17·1 min read

B60R21/01538 CAMBRIDGE CONSULTANTS [GB]

Image processing system for estimating the energy transfer of an occupant into an airbag

The present invention relates in general to systems used to determine whether an airbag should be deployed at full or only partial strength. In particular, the present invention is an image processing…

DRIVE·May 7·2 min read

B60R21/01538 EATON CORP [US]

Optical imager circuit with tolerance of differential ambient illumination

An apparatus (10) for producing an image of an object (12) which is illuminated by a pulse of artificial light and by ambient light. That apparatus (10) has a two dimensional array (15) of photodetect…

DRIVE·Jan 29·1 min read

B60R21/01538 EATON CORP [US]

Motor vehicle occupant detection system employing ellipse shape models and bayesian classification

A object (20) on a seat (16) of a motor vehicle (10) is classified by creating a video image of the area and forming a silhouette of the object. The silhouette is divided into two segments and a separ…

DRIVE·Oct 23·1 min read

B60R21/01538 UNIV WISCONSIN SYSTEMS BOARD O [US]

Smart optical sensor for airbag systems

The sensor (1) comprises an array of photo sensitive elements for acquiring images of the passenger compartment in a motor vehicle and a circuit (20) for processing the signals corresponding to said i…

DRIVE·May 8·1 min read

B60R21/01538 ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL [IT]