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Patent No.:

US 12602796 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2024

System, device, and methods for detecting and obtaining information on objects in a vehicle

Applicant:

Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);

Inventor:

Yuval Gronau, Ramat Hasharon, IL;

Assignee:

GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Price Heneveld LLP

Brian James Brewer

Primary Examiner:

Delomia L Gilliard

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/246 (2017.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/246 (2017.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/454 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/593 (2022.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01);
Abstract

System and methods are provided for detecting occupancy state in a vehicle including analyzing data of the interior passenger compartment to yield at least one probability of a current occupancy state of the vehicle and further analyzing additional data of the interior passenger compartment to yield predicted probabilities of the occupancy state of the vehicle, wherein each probability of the predicted probabilities relate to the probability of changing the current occupancy state to different occupancy state combining the current at least one probability of the current occupancy state with the predicted probabilities of the occupancy state to yield an updated probability of an updated occupancy state of the vehicle; determining the current occupancy state based on the updated probability of an updated occupancy state of the vehicle and generating an output to control one or more devices or applications based on the determined occupancy state.

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