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US 11,590,980 B2Granted
Automated responses to vehicle trunk entrapment
AssigneePony AI Inc.
InventorsRobert Dingli, Peter G. Diehl
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Abstract
Described herein are systems, methods, and computer readable media for capturing sensor data relating to an enclosed compartment of a vehicle (e.g., a cargo area of the vehicle) via one or more vehicle sensors; analyzing the sensor data to determine whether it is indicative of a living being present in the enclosed compartment; performing an object detection analysis on at least a portion of the sensor data to determine a type of living being detected; and initiating one or more automated vehicle response measures based on the type of living being.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for detecting presence of a living being in an enclosed compartment of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- capturing, via one or more sensors associated with the vehicle, sensor data relating to one or more sensed characteristics of the enclosed compartment of the vehicle, wherein the capturing comprises:
- capturing, using a camera, one or more images within the enclosed compartment;
- determining whether respective resolutions of the one or more images fail to satisfy a threshold resolution;
- in response to determining that the respective resolutions of the one or more images fail to satisfy the threshold resolution, capturing any of:
- heat signature data from one or more infrared (IR) sensors,
- vibrational data from one or more vibration or inertial sensors, and
- gas concentration data from one or more gas sensors;
- determining that the sensor data is indicative of the presence of the living being in the enclosed compartment of the vehicle;
- performing an object detection analysis on the one or more images included in the sensor data;
- determining a type of the living being based at least in part on the object detection analysis;
- determining a range of acceptable values of a health parameter related to the type of the living being;
- capturing, via the one or more sensors, second sensor data including measured values of the health parameter;
- determining whether the measured values of the health parameter are within the range of acceptable values;
- performing additional monitoring of the enclosed compartment of the vehicle to capture additional sensor data including additional measured values of the health parameter further based at least in part on whether the measured values of the health parameter are within the range of acceptable values;
- and
- initiating one or more automated vehicle response measures based at least in part on the type of the living being.
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A system for detecting presence of a living being in an enclosed compartment of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions, wherein the at least one processor is configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to:
- capture, via one or more sensors associated with the vehicle, sensor data relating to one or more sensed characteristics of the enclosed compartment of the vehicle, wherein the capturing comprises:
- capturing, using a camera, one or more images within the enclosed compartment;
- determining whether respective resolutions of the one or more images fail to satisfy a threshold resolution;
- in response to determining that the respective resolutions of the one or more images fail to satisfy the threshold resolution, capturing any of:
- heat signature data from one or more infrared (IR) sensors,
- vibrational data from one or more vibration or inertial sensors, and
- gas concentration data from one or more gas sensors;
- determine that the sensor data is indicative of the presence of the living being in the enclosed compartment of the vehicle;
- perform an object detection analysis on the one or more images image data included in the sensor data;
- determine a type of the living being based at least in part on the object detection analysis;
- determine a range of acceptable values of a health parameter related to the type of the living being;
- capture, via the one or more sensors, second sensor data including measured values of the health parameter;
- determine whether the measured values of the health parameter are within the range of acceptable values;
- perform additional monitoring of the enclosed compartment of the vehicle to capture additional sensor data including additional measured values of the health parameter further based at least in part on whether the measured values of the health parameter are within the range of acceptable values;
- and
- initiate one or more automated vehicle response measures based at least in part on the type of the living being.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.