B60H 1/00742
By detection of the vehicle occupants' presence
Official title: {by detection of the vehicle occupants' presence; by detection of conditions relating to the body of occupants, e.g. using radiant heat detectors}
B60H1/00742 (By detection of the vehicle occupants' presence) appears on 629 US grants and 995 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60H- Granted patents
- 629
- Published applications
- 995
- Assignees
- 279
- Inventors
- 1,944
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 15 |
| 2005 | 4 | 7 |
| 2006 | 6 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 | 15 |
| 2009 | 3 | 11 |
| 2010 | 4 | 11 |
| 2011 | 8 | 10 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 |
| 2013 | 3 | 15 |
| 2014 | 5 | 71 |
| 2015 | 24 | 33 |
| 2016 | 28 | 64 |
| 2017 | 25 | 51 |
| 2018 | 31 | 64 |
| 2019 | 36 | 75 |
| 2020 | 63 | 95 |
| 2021 | 48 | 84 |
| 2022 | 76 | 81 |
| 2023 | 65 | 67 |
| 2024 | 53 | 62 |
| 2025 | 58 | 73 |
| 2026 | 34 | 57 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of controlling air-conditioning for occupants through seating detection29 Sep 2026US 12,746,854 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Intelligent vehicle climate control settings1 Sep 2026US 12,722,451 B1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Back office optimization of vehicle HVAC control25 Aug 2026US 12,715,261 B2GM Cruise Holdings LLC
- Air conditioning system for vehicle25 Aug 2026US 12,715,264 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Interior environment control11 Aug 2026US 12,703,224 B2
- Air-conditioning control device, air-conditioning control method, and program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307455 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Apparatus and method for configuring vehicle environment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307663 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Vehicle control device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296135 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method of thermally conditioning a child safety seat installed in a vehicle17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274037 A1Gentherm Incorporated
- Vehicle air conditioning system and air conditioning control device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264472 A1Denso Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic communication of damage and health in detected vehicle incidents270US 9,317,983 B2AutoConnect Holdings LLC · 2016
- Operational control schemes for ventilated seat or bed assemblies159US 7,877,827 B2Amerigon Incorporated · 2011
- Wake-up alerts for sleeping vehicle occupants144US 9,725,036 B1Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. · 2017
- Operational schemes for climate controlled beds128US 7,996,936 B2Amerigon Incorporated · 2011
- Hot vehicle safety system and methods of preventing passenger entrapment and heat suffocation122US 6,922,622 B2Robert Bosch GmbH · 2005