B60W 2040/0881
Seat occupation
Official title: {Seat occupation; Driver or passenger presence}
B60W2040/0881 (Seat occupation) appears on 418 US grants and 546 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60W- Granted patents
- 418
- Published applications
- 546
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 1,015
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 36 |
| 2014 | 8 | 1 |
| 2015 | 13 | 9 |
| 2016 | 13 | 26 |
| 2017 | 19 | 40 |
| 2018 | 22 | 28 |
| 2019 | 18 | 35 |
| 2020 | 37 | 56 |
| 2021 | 27 | 71 |
| 2022 | 48 | 41 |
| 2023 | 45 | 86 |
| 2024 | 76 | 55 |
| 2025 | 63 | 28 |
| 2026 | 18 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vehicle control apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,817 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- System and method for classifying a type of calibration or maintenance event of a phone location unit in a volume based on sensor fusion22 Sep 2026US 12,742,850 B2Saverone 2014 Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for detecting wearing of safety belt, and storage medium and processor1 Sep 2026US 12,725,433 B2ArcSoft, Inc.
- Vehicle security mode18 Aug 2026US 12,713,478 B2Toyota Connected North America, Inc.
- Driver passenger detection using ultrasonic sensing4 Aug 2026US 12,697,979 B2Allstate Insurance Company
- Method for adjusting at least one adjustable feature of a motor vehicle, data processing apparatus, computer program, computer-readable storage medium, and motor vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296457 A1Volvo Car Corporation
- Method and device for controlling driving force for vehicle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285295 A1Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Information processing device, information processing system, information processing method, and storage medium24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285349 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Danger detection system, danger detection method, and recording medium10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264701 A1NEC Corporation
- Alert system for golf course27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249868 A1Textron Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Autonomous vehicle with driver presence and physiological monitoring426US 8,874,301 B1Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2014
- Insurance system related to a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system334US 9,390,451 B1Allstate Insurance Company · 2016
- Systems and methods for updating vehicle behavior and settings based on the locations of vehicle passengers321US 8,527,146 B1Google Inc. · 2013
- Method and arrangement for avoiding and/or minimizing vehicle collisions in road traffic278US 6,037,860 AVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft · 2000
- Location information exchange between vehicle and device198US 8,818,725 B2Flextronics AP, LLC · 2014