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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2023
Aptiv Technologies Ag, Schaffhausen, CH;
Klaus Friedrichs, Dortmund, DE;
Monika Heift, Schwelm, DE;
Thomas Kurbiel, Essen, DE;
Xuebing Zhang, Wuppertal, DE;
Amil George, Erkrath, DE;
Markus Buehren, Erkrath, DE;
Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
Computer implemented method for detecting a type of seat occupancy, comprising capturing, by means of an imaging device, an image of a seat, the image comprising depth data and intensity data, performing, by means of a processor device, a classifier algorithm on the captured image to determine a level of occupancy, wherein, if the determination indicates that the level of occupancy is above a predetermined threshold, the method comprises processing, by means of the processor device, the depth data with a convolutional neural network, to determine a type of occupation and wherein, if the determination indicates that the level of occupancy is below a predetermined threshold, the method comprises processing, by means of the processor device, the intensity data with a convolutional neural network to determine a type of occupation.