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

Abstract

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

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[0001] cross reference [0002] This application requires an application titled "System, Device, and Method for DETECTING AND OBTAINING INFORMATION ON OBJECTS IN A VEHICLE (SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND OBTAINING INFORMATION ON OBJECTS IN A VEHICLE)" (Attorney US Provisional Application No. 62 / 806,840, Ser. No. GR002 / USP), which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. technical field [0003] In some embodiments of the invention, the invention relates to obtaining information about objects in a scene, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to detecting hidden objects and obtaining information about said hidden objects, said hidden objects An example is the occupant setup in the cockpit of a vehicle. [0004] Incorporate by reference [0005] All publications, patents, and patent applications mentioned in this specification are herein incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication, patent, or patent applicat...

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Problems solved by technology

In many cases, these monitoring systems have a limited field of view, resulting in a low level of reliability because many hidden areas in cabin-type cars, such as rear seats and other sections, are blocked by front seats or other obstructions, and therefore, May not be seen and detected by surveillance systems

[0010] Additionally, existing monitoring systems often have limited detection in situations such as when vehicle occupants are partially covered

In addition, these monitoring systems may also falsely detect non-standard positions of occupants, for example if one or more occupants lean out of the seat position or body parts intrude into adjacent seats

[0011] In addition, existing monitoring systems require large and expensive processing resources, and the processing time required to train the monitoring system and processing units is often long, causing resource depletion

[0012] Other existing solutions involve embedding several sensors at various locations in the vehicle cabin, such as in the rear section of the car cabin (e.g., in the roof of the vehicle as well as in the doors), which may be less than ideal in at least some respects

These existing systems require the use of many sensors, are bulky, complex, difficult to fit in vehicles, and require a higher degree of alignment of sensor optics than ideal

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