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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2023
Aisin Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Kosuke Kito, Kariya, JP;
Ryohei Fuwa, Kariya, JP;
Takayuki Nakagome, Kariya, JP;
Asami Yamazaki, Kariya, JP;
AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An occupant detection device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on an intensity of a reflected wave generated when a transmission wave transmitted toward an interior of a moving body is reflected by an object present in the interior, point cloud information indicating a three-dimensional-coordinate position of the object moving in the interior as a point cloud including a plurality of detection points; a generation unit configured to generate, based on the point cloud information, a seat row map for each seat row including a plurality of seating regions, the seat row map indicating a distribution of the detection points in a plane region corresponding to an arrangement direction of the plurality of seating regions and a height direction of the moving body; a setting unit configured to set, on the seat row map, an upper end line along an upper end portion of a plane point cloud including two or more of the detection points; and an estimation unit configured to estimate the number of occupants for each seat row based on a shape feature of the upper end line.