# US 2021/0276511 A1 · Alert system technology to conduct in-cabin child restraint system monitoring and facilitate compliance with location-dependent constraints

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- Number: US 2021/0276511 A1
- Document ID: US20210276511A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/326,967
- Filed: 2021-05-21
- Published: 2021-09-09
- Earliest claimed: 2019-09-26
- Assignees: Intel Corporation
- Applicants: Intel Corporation
- Inventors: Magdiel Galan-Oliveras; Rita Chattopadhyay; Subramanian Anandaraj; Pradeep Sakhamoori
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210276511A1

## CPC

- B60R 22/48: Control systems, alarms, or interlock systems, for the correct application of the belt or harness
- G06V 20/593: {Recognising seat occupancy}
- G06V 40/103: {Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition}
- B60R 11/04: Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
- B60R 2011/0003: {inside the vehicle}
- B60R 2022/4816: {for sensing locking of buckle}
- B60R 2022/4841: {for sensing belt tension}
- B60R 2022/4858: {for sensing pressure on seat}
- B60R 2022/4866: {Displaying or indicating arrangements thereof}
- G01C 21/28: with correlation of data from several navigational instruments
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

## Abstract

Methods, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology that conducts an automated vision analysis of image data associated with an interior of a vehicle cabin, determines a state of a child restraint system (CRS) based on the automated vision analysis, and generates an alert if the state of the CRS does not satisfy one or more safety constraints. In one example, the technology identifies the safety constraint(s) based on a geographic location of the vehicle cabin.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A computing system, comprising:
a processor to execute a set of instructions to cause the computing system to:
conduct an automated analysis of sensor data associated with an interior of a vehicle cabin,
identify one or more safety constraints based on a geographic location of the vehicle cabin, and
determine a state of a vehicle safety system based on the automated analysis and the identified one or more safety constraints.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The computing system of claim 1, wherein the set of instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the computing system to generate an alert when the state of the safety system does not satisfy the one or more safety constraints.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The computing system of claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises:
image data associated with the interior of the vehicle cabin,
pressure sensor data associated with the vehicle cabin, and
strain sensor data associated with the vehicle cabin.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The computing system of claim 1, wherein the geographic location is a current geographic location of the vehicle cabin.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The computing system of claim 4, wherein the current geographic location is to be determined further based on Global Positioning System (GPS) data.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The computing system of claim 1, wherein the geographic location is a future geographic location of the vehicle cabin, and

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The computing system of claim 6, wherein the future geographic location is to be determined further based on navigation route data.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The computing system of claim 1, wherein the safety system comprises a restraint system.

### Claim 9

A semiconductor apparatus comprising:
one or more substrates; and
logic coupled to the one or more substrates, wherein the logic is implemented at least partly in one or more of configurable logic or fixed-functionality hardware logic, the logic coupled to the one or more substrates to:
conduct an automated analysis of sensor data associated with an interior of a vehicle cabin;
identify one or more safety constraints based on a geographic location of the vehicle cabin; and
determine a state of a vehicle safety system based on the automated analysis and the identified one or more safety constraints.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The semiconductor apparatus of claim 9, wherein the logic is coupled to the one or more substrates to generate an alert when the state of the safety system does not satisfy the one or more safety constraints.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The semiconductor apparatus of claim 9, wherein the geographic location is a current geographic location of the vehicle cabin.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The semiconductor apparatus of claim 11, wherein the current geographic location is to be determined further based on Global Positioning System (GPS) data.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The semiconductor apparatus of claim 9, wherein the geographic location is a future geographic location of the vehicle cabin, and

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The semiconductor apparatus of claim 13, wherein the future geographic location is to be determined further based on navigation route data.

### Claim 15 (depends on 9)

The semiconductor apparatus of claim 9, wherein the sensor data comprises:
image data associated with the interior of the vehicle cabin,
pressure sensor data associated with the vehicle cabin, and
strain sensor data associated with the vehicle cabin.

### Claim 16 (depends on 9)

The semiconductor apparatus of claim 9, wherein the safety system comprises a restraint system.

### Claim 17

At least one computer readable non-transitory storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to:
conduct an automated analysis of sensor data associated with an interior of a vehicle cabin;
identify one or more safety constraints based on a geographic location of the vehicle cabin; and
determine a state of a vehicle safety system based on the automated analysis and the identified one or more safety constraints.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The least one computer readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 17, wherein the set of instructions, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to generate an alert when the state of the safety system does not satisfy the one or more safety constraints.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The at least one computer readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 17, wherein the geographic location is a current geographic location of the vehicle cabin.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The at least one computer readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 19, wherein the current geographic location is to be determined further based on Global Positioning System (GPS) data.

### Claim 21 (depends on 17)

The at least one computer readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 17, wherein the geographic location is a future geographic location of the vehicle cabin.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The at least one computer readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 21, wherein the future geographic location is to be determined further based on navigation route data.

### Claim 23 (depends on 17)

The at least one computer readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 17, wherein the sensor data comprises:
image data associated with the interior of the vehicle cabin,
pressure sensor data associated with the vehicle cabin, and
strain sensor data associated with the vehicle cabin.

### Claim 24 (depends on 17)

The at least one computer readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 17, wherein the safety system comprises a restraint system.
