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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

James Stephen Miller, Dexter, MI (US);

Patrick Graf, Southfield, MI (US);

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/015 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01538 (2014.10); B60R 21/01552 (2014.10); G06K 9/00832 (2013.01); B60R 2021/006 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0032 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01211 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for determining a size and pose of an occupant () within a vehicle interior. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving one or more images (FIG.) of a vehicle interior from a camera (). The method also includes classifying interior regions () of the vehicle interior () in the one or more images. The method also includes identifying an occupant () in the one or more images based on the classification of the interior regions () of the vehicle interior (). The method also includes determining a size range of the occupant () based on the classification () of the interior regions of the vehicle interior (). The method also includes determining a pose of the occupant () based on the classification () of the interior regions of the vehicle interior (). The method also includes controlling one or more vehicle systems () based on the size and the pose of the occupant ().


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