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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2020
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Ryan M. Wiesenberg, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ethan W. Pomish, Livonia, MI (US);
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Vehicle sensing systems and methods of sensing a potential presence of an occupant left behind in a vehicle are disclosed. A vehicle sensing system includes sensors to detect a ride height or camber positioning, a processing device, and storage medium including programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to obtain a first string of data from the sensors before a driver has entered the vehicle and the vehicle has been turned on, obtain a second string of data from the sensors after the vehicle has moved a distance, the vehicle has been turned off, and the driver has departed from a vicinity of the vehicle, compare the first string of data to the second string of data to determine if a difference exists, and when the difference exists, transmit an alert to external devices, the alert indicating a potential occupant being left behind in the vehicle.