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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2023
Applicant:
Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, BB;
Inventors:
Amil George, Wuppertal, DE;
Alexander Barth, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Assignee:
Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, BB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/48 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/48 (2013.01); G06V 20/593 (2022.01); B60R 2022/4808 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.