Robert Boschgmbh

Ryan Burt

Naveen Ramakrishnan

Stefan Weissert

Jayanta Kumar Dutta

Ravi Kumar Satzoda

Yumi Kondo

Alexander Hirsch

Krishnan Bharath Navalpakkam

Filipe Goncalves

A method and system are disclosed for monitoring passengers in within a cabin of a vehicle and determining whether the passengers are engaging in abnormal behavior. The method and system uses a novel vector to robustly and numerically represent the activity of the passengers in a respective frame, which is referred to herein as an 'activity vector.' Additionally, a Gaussian Mixture Model is utilized by the method and system to distinguish between normal and abnormal passenger behavior. Cluster components of the Gaussian Mixture Model are advantageously learned using an unsupervised approach in which training data is not labeled or annotated to indicate normal and abnormal passenger behavior. In this way, the Gaussian Mixture Model can be trained at a very low cost.

System and method for detecting abnormal passenger behavior in autonomous vehicles

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Ryan Burt