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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2005
Yun Luo, Livonia, MI (US);
Jon K. Wallace, Redford, MI (US);
Yun Luo, Livonia, MI (US);
Jon K. Wallace, Redford, MI (US);
TRW Automotive U.S. LLC, Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for identifying a position of a head of a vehicle occupant from a plurality of images of a vehicle interior. Image data is translated from the plurality of images to produce a virtual side view image of the vehicle interior (). A largest grouping of pixels in the side view image having values within a desired range is identified (). The grouping includes a plurality of pixel columns. A contour including uppermost pixels of each pixel column is produced and peaks are located within the contour (). The contour peaks are analyzed according to a heuristic voting algorithm to identify a peak location associated with the head of the vehicle occupant ().