Seat occupancy monitor
AssigneeMcLaren Applied Technologies Limited
InventorMatthew John Griffiths
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Abstract
A device for monitoring one or more passenger seats of a vehicle, the device comprising: at least one sensor configured to monitor an occupancy status for each of the one or more seats; and a communication interface configured to receive reservation conditions for each of the one or more seats; wherein the device is configured to: display an occupancy condition for each of the one or more seats and a reservation condition for each of the one or more seats; and determine the occupancy condition for each of the one or more seats based on the occupancy status for each of the one or more seats over a predefined time period.
Claims23
A device for monitoring one or more passenger seats of a vehicle, the device comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to monitor an occupancy status for each of the one or more seats;
- and
- a communication interface configured to receive reservation conditions for each of the one or more seats;
- wherein the device is configured to:
- display an occupancy condition for each of the one or more seats and a reservation condition for each of the one or more seats;
- and
- determine the occupancy condition for each of the one or more seats based on the occupancy status for each of the one or more seats over a predefined time period.
A system for monitoring one or more passenger seats of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to monitor an occupancy status for each of the one or more seats;
- a first display unit configured to:
- display an occupancy condition for each of the one or more seats, and determine the occupancy condition for each of the one or more seats based on the occupancy status for each of the one or more seats over a predefined time period;
- and
- a second display unit configured to:
- receive reservation conditions for each of the one or more seats, and display a reservation condition for each of the one or more seats;
- wherein the first and second display units are positioned proximal to the one or more seats.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.