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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:
Jul. 23, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2022
Applicant:

Aptiv Technologies Ag, Schaffhausen, CH;

Inventors:

Ronald M. Taylor, Greentown, IN (US);

Mark W. Hudson, Russiaville, IN (US);

Assignee:

APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG, Schaffhausen, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/182 (2013.01); G08B 21/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of detecting occupants within a vehicle includes receiving camera data, thermal data and radar data with respect to the vehicle. The received data is stored to at least a first buffer and a second buffer, wherein the first buffer has a length associated with a first duration of time and the second buffer has a length associated with a second duration of time greater than the first duration of time. The camera data, thermal data, and radar data stored in the respective first and second buffers is analyzed to detect and track camera-based objects, radar-based objects, and thermal-based objects, which are utilized to generate an output indicating whether an occupant was detected.


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