System and Method for Detecting Abnormal Settling of Passengers in a Vehicle

A system for detecting and resolving an abnormal settling event 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;
• a processing system operably connected to the image sensor and including at least one processor, the processing system configured to, upon commencement of a passenger entry into the vehicle:
• receive the image data from the image sensor;
• process the image data to determine a location of at least one passenger in the cabin;
• detect that the at least one passenger is located outside of the one or more seats of the vehicle, after a first predetermined time period has elapsed from the commencement of the passenger entry into the vehicle, based on the determined location of the at least one passenger in the cabin;
• 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 after the first predetermined time period has elapsed.