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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Aptiv Technologies Ag, Schaffhausen, CH;
Inventors:
David Schiebener, Mettmann, DE;
Alexander Barth, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Assignee:
Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen, CH;
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); B60R 2022/4866 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a computerized method of seatbelt verification in a vehicle is presented. The method comprises generating, based on an image showing a seat of the vehicle, at least one heatmap representing probabilities of a seatbelt being present in regions of the image, determining a routing of the seatbelt in the image based on the values of the heatmap, and determining whether the seatbelt is worn correctly based on the routing.