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US 2020/0346602 A1Published application
System for detecting occupant of vehicle and system for controlling illumination inside vehicle
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorKensuke YOKOI
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Abstract
In an occupant detection system for detecting an occupant of a vehicle, an imaging unit captures an image of an interior of the vehicle and a lighting unit illuminates a region in a field of view of the imaging unit. A lighting control unit automatically controls the lighting unit so that an integrated amount of light of the lighting unit changes. An occupant detection unit detects an occupant based on the image captured by the imaging unit.
Claims21
A system for detecting an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
- an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an interior of the vehicle;
- a lighting unit configured to illuminate a region in a field of view of the imaging unit;
- a lighting control unit configured to automatically control the lighting unit so that an integrated amount of light of the lighting unit changes;
- and
- an occupant detection unit configured to detect an occupant based on the image captured by the imaging unit.
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A system for controlling illumination in a vehicle, comprising:
- an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an interior of the vehicle;
- a lighting unit configured to illuminate a region in a field of view of the imaging unit;
- a door detection unit configured to detect opening and closing of a door of the vehicle;
- and
- a lighting control unit configured to cause the lighting unit to initiate illumination when the door detection unit detects that the door has been opened,
- wherein
- the lighting control unit is configured to automatically control the lighting unit so that an integrated amount of light of the illumination changes.
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A method for controlling illumination in a vehicle, comprising:
- detecting that a door of the vehicle is opened;
- initiating illumination in the vehicle using a lighting unit when it is detected that the door is opened;
- detecting that the door of the vehicle is closed;
- and
- automatically controlling the lighting unit so that an integrated amount of light of the illumination after the door is detected to be closed changes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.