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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2008
Hiroshi Aoki, Minato-ku, JP;
Hirofumi Mita, Minato-ku, JP;
Masato Yokoo, Minato-ku, JP;
Yuu Hakomori, Minato-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Aoki, Minato-ku, JP;
Hirofumi Mita, Minato-ku, JP;
Masato Yokoo, Minato-ku, JP;
Yuu Hakomori, Minato-ku, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An occupant information detection system for detecting information related to a vehicle occupant on a vehicle seat includes an image detecting section facing a vehicle seat area taking a three-dimensional image, an information extraction processing section extracting information related to a three-dimensional surface profile of a detected object on a vehicle seat based on the three-dimensional image, a conversion processing section converting the extracted information into numerical coordinates of a predetermined coordinate system, and a computation processing section deriving a computed value by subtracting an average of first and second coordinate components from a third coordinate component. The system also includes a determination processing section determining the concave-convex shape of a line segment formed by the arbitrary points and the middle point based on the computed value.