System and method for detecting and mitigating an unsafe condition in a vehicle

A system for detecting and mitigating an unsafe condition in a vehicle, comprising:

• an image sensor configured to generate and output image data of one or more seats in a cabin of the vehicle;
• and
• a processing system operably connected to the image sensor and including at least one processor, the processing system configured to:
• receive the image data from the image sensor;
• process the image data to determine a location of at least one passenger in the cabin, the processing of the image data including estimating a pose of the at least one passenger to determine a respective passenger location point for each passenger of the at least one passenger;
• detect that the at least one passenger is located outside of the one or more seats based on at least one of the respective passenger location points being outside of a first seat boundary of the at least one seat for a predetermined first time period;
• and
• operate at least one component of the vehicle in a predefined manner in response to detecting that the at least one passenger is located outside of the one or more seats.