B60R 21/01512
Passenger detection systems
Official title: {Passenger detection systems}
B60R21/01512 (Passenger detection systems) appears on 2,427 US grants and 2,402 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 2,427
- Published applications
- 2,402
- Assignees
- 543
- Inventors
- 3,893
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 35 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for in-cabin monitoring with liveliness detection6 Oct 2026US 12,754,318 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Occupant protection device for a motor vehicle and seat belt unit15 Sep 2026US 12,734,987 B2Dr. Ing. h,c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
- Motor vehicle15 Sep 2026US 12,735,106 B2Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Route intelligence for city nodes15 Sep 2026US 12,737,687 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applying a customized vehicle application8 Sep 2026US 12,731,080 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Restraint system, vehicle seat, and corresponding method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296351 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Voice processing device, operation method thereof, and vehicle control system comprising voice processing device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290336 A1Amosense Co., Ltd.
- Method for detecting an occupancy state3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257642 A1Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Method for operating an occupant protection system for a motor vehicle27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249801 A1Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
- Vehicle occupant detection device and vehicle20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245326 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic rearview mirror system using a photosensor array1,778US 5,550,677 ADonnelly Corporation · 1996
- Rearview vision system for vehicle including panoramic view1,778US 5,670,935 ADonnelly Corporation · 1997
- Vehicle headlight control using imaging sensor1,368US 5,796,094 ADonnelly Corporation · 1998
- Display enhancements for vehicle vision system1,367US 5,949,331 ADonnelly Corporation · 1999
- Automatic rearview mirror, vehicle lighting control and vehicle interior monitoring system using a photosensor array1,303US 5,877,897 ADonnelly Corporation · 1999