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US 12,109,946 B2Granted
Cabin child seat monitoring methods and systems
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsPraneeth Nelapati, Jeffrey A Clark, Sean Taylor Coughlin
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Abstract
In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a system is provided that includes a sensor system configured to generate sensor data associated with a seat of a vehicle; and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor system and configured to determine, from the sensor data, a baseline position of a child seat sitting on the seat of the vehicle, determine, from the sensor data, a displacement of the child seat from the baseline position, and selectively generate notification data based on the displacement.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a sensor system configured within a cabin of a vehicle and configured to generate sensor data indicative of a movement of a child seat sitting on a seat of the vehicle, wherein the sensor data includes at least one of elevation data, resolution data, range data, and doppler data;
- a processor of the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the sensor system, the processor configured to determine, from the sensor data, a baseline position of the child seat sitting on the seat of the vehicle, determine, from the sensor data, a real time displacement of the child seat from the baseline position in response to a vehicle speed being greater than a threshold speed and a vehicle dynamic information indicative of a vehicle maneuver, and selectively generate notification data based on the real time displacement exceeding a threshold displacement;
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- a user interface to display a visual notification to a vehicle occupant in response to the notification data.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, sensor data indicative of a movement of a child seat sitting on a seat within a cabin of a vehicle, wherein the sensor data includes at least one of elevation data, resolution data, range data, and doppler data generated by a sensor system within the cabin of the vehicle;
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- determining, by the processor and from the sensor data, a baseline position of the child seat sitting on the seat of the vehicle;
- determining, by the processor and from the sensor data, a real time displacement of the child seat from the baseline position in response to a vehicle speed being greater than a threshold speed and a vehicle dynamic information indicative of a vehicle maneuver;
- selectively generating, by the processor, notification data based on the real time displacement exceeding a threshold displacement;
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- displaying, via a user interface, a visual notification to a vehicle occupant in response to the notification data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.