Methods and systems for monitoring rear objects in a vehicle
AssigneeToyota Motor North America, Inc.
InventorsShravanthi Denthumdas, Mathew D. Gardner
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Abstract
A system for a vehicle includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules. The machine readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to: receive one or more images from one or more imaging sensors in the vehicle; identify a first object in a rear seat of the vehicle based on the one or more images; identify a second object attached to the first object based on the one or more images; determine whether the second object is in a set of objects; and output an alert in response to determining that the second object is in the set of objects.
Claims20
A system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more memory modules;
- and
- machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
- receive one or more images from one or more imaging sensors in the vehicle;
- identify a first object in a rear seat of the vehicle based on the one or more images;
- identify a second object attached to the first object based on the one or more images;
- determine whether the second object is in a set of objects;
- and
- output an alert in response to determining that the second object is in the set of objects.
A vehicle comprising:
- one or more front row seats;
- one or more rear seats;
- one or more imaging sensors configured to capture one or more images of the one or more rear seats;
- and
- a controller comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more memory modules;
- and
- machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to:
- receive one or more images from the one or more imaging sensors;
- identify a first object in one of the one or more rear seats based on the one or more images;
- identify a second object based on the one or more images;
- determine whether the second object is attached to the first object based on the one or more images;
- determine whether the second object is in a set of objects;
- and
- output an alert in response to determining that the second object is attached to the first object and determining that the second object is in the set of objects.
A method for providing an alert, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more images from one or more imaging sensors in a vehicle;
- identifying a first object in a rear seat based on the one or more images;
- identifying a second object based on the one or more images;
- determining whether the second object is attached to the first object based on the one or more images;
- determining whether the second object is in a set of objects;
- and
- outputting an alert in response to determining that the second object is attached to the first object and determining that the second object is in the set of objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.