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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 16, 2022
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kousei Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Kanagawa, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle-interior monitoring apparatus for a vehicle includes a sensor and a determiner. The sensor is configured to output a millimeter radio wave toward a vehicle cabin of the vehicle and detect a millimeter reflection wave from an in-vehicle object including an occupant in the vehicle cabin of the vehicle and baggage in the vehicle cabin of the vehicle. The determiner is configured to determine a type of the in-vehicle object in the vehicle cabin of the vehicle based on a detection level of the millimeter reflection wave detected by the sensor. The determiner is configured to perform a determination, the determination including determining that the in-vehicle object is either one of a child as the occupant or the baggage based on a tendency of a change in the detection level of the millimeter reflection wave detected by the sensor.