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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohiro Murata, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidekuni Yomo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/04 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); G01S 13/68 (2013.01);
Abstract
An object detection apparatus in a vehicle is provided. The object detection apparatus includes one or more sensors configured to detect at least one object located on at least three rows of seats in the vehicle, the one or more sensors being positioned on a ceiling of the vehicle. The object detection apparatus further includes a circuit configured to determine whether or not the at least one object detected is a living-object. A number of the one or more sensors is less than a number of the at least three rows of seats.