Aptiv Technologies Limited

Aptiv Technologies Ag

Amil George

Alexander Barth

Klaus Friedrichs

Monika Heift

Xuebing Zhang

Thomas Kurbiel

Markus Buehren

Timo Rehfeld

Systems and methods for seat belt status detection in a vehicle are provided and include: obtaining first infrared images and second visible light spectrum images of a seat belt region where a seat belt is expected to be visible when it is worn by a person in a vehicle; performing image analysis to extract information from the images attributing a score to each of the images based on the information extracted from the images and based on a predefined rule, each score indicating trustworthiness of the image to detect a seat belt status; transmitting the images to classifiers; determining estimates of probability that the images include the seat belt being correctly worn; combining the estimates of probability, based on the scores, to determine a combined probability; and comparing the combined probability to a predetermined threshold to determine the seat belt status.

Method and system for seat belt status detection

Computer implemented method for detecting a type of seat occupancy, comprising capturing, by means of an imaging device, an image of a seat, the image comprising depth data and intensity data, performing, by means of a processor device, a classifier algorithm on the captured image to determine a level of occupancy, wherein, if the determination indicates that the level of occupancy is above a predetermined threshold, the method comprises processing, by means of the processor device, the depth data with a convolutional neural network, to determine a type of occupation and wherein, if the determination indicates that the level of occupancy is below a predetermined threshold, the method comprises processing, by means of the processor device, the intensity data with a convolutional neural network to determine a type of occupation.

Method and system for detecting a type of seat occupancy

A 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 vehicle; determining a plurality of sub-images based on the image; detecting, for at least one of the sub-images, whether a portion of the seat belt is present in the respective sub-image; and determining whether the seat belt is used based on the detecting.

Methods and systems for detecting whether a seat belt is used in a vehicle

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Amil George