Iee International Electronics and Engineering S.a.

Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Peter Larsen

Dimitri Tatarinov

Andreas Diewald

Oscar Gomez

Claude Watgen

Mathieu Lu-Dac

Sam Calmes

Eung Hwan Kim

Gyun Ha Kim

Hoon Hur

Seul Ki Jeon

Jochen Landwehr

Patrick Di Mario Cola

Patrick Di Mario-Cola

Muhammad-Zeeshan Khan

A method for obstacle identification for a vehicle. In order to provide means for reliable obstacle identification for a vehicle, the method includes: performing a first obstacle search with a radar sensor using a radio frequency signal; performing a second obstacle search with a night vision camera; and identifying an obstacle if a first detection of the first obstacle search corresponds to a second detection of the second obstacle search, wherein a reliability of the first detection is assessed and if the reliability is above a first threshold, the obstacle is identified independently of the second obstacle search.

Method for obstacle identification

A radar sensor system and method for ascertaining whether an unattended child is present within an automotive vehicle. The radar sensor system carries out the method and includes a transmitter, at least one sensor, and processing circuitry. The method includes the steps of: illuminating at least one occupiable position within the vehicle with radiation of multiple frequencies; generating radar sensor signals from reflections of the transmitted radiation, a plurality of the radar sensor signals corresponding to different frequencies; and operating the processing circuitry for generating and determining if a first indicator value indicative of motion in the occupiable position satisfies a first predetermined criteria and, if so, generating and determining a second indicator value indicating a degree of repetitive pattern within the radar sensor signals, and determining presence of an unattended child in the vehicle if the second indicator value satisfies a second predetermined criteria.

Method and system for unattended child detection

A radar sensor system and a method for detecting an occupancy in an interior of a vehicle and with vital sign monitoring. The radar sensor system includes a radar transmitting unit, a radar receiving unit and a signal processing and control unit. The method includes: transmitting a radar wave towards a scene within the vehicle interior, receiving at least one radar wave that has been generated by reflection of the transmitted radar wave, decomposing the received radar wave into range, Doppler and angular information, quantifying and tracking a movement in each region of interest by angular gating and range gating, detecting and monitoring vital signs of occupants in each region of interest, and determining whether quantified and tracked movements in the scene are related to an occupant or to external or internal disturbances, based on a fulfillment of at least one predefined condition concerning the and/or the detected vital signs.

Method for robust vehicle occupancy detection with vital sign monitoring

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for controlling object detection. The object detection control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a determination device that determines a risk level, based on environmental information of a vehicle detected by first sensors, an object detection device that detects an object in the vehicle, based on information detected by a second sensor for detecting the object in the vehicle, an output device that outputs an alarm signal according to a set alarm condition when the object in the vehicle is detected, and a controller that controls an operation of the second sensor or the output device, based on the determined risk level.

Apparatus and method for controlling object detection

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Peter Larsen