Method and apparatus for monitoring status of persons in a vehicle
AssigneeAtsr Limited
InventorsEric GALLAGHER, Valdas BOCKUS, Colm LOUGHNANE
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for monitoring the status of a person in the vicinity of a vehicle, including capturing an image of an area in the vehicle or in the vicinity of the vehicle, analysing the captured image, detecting if the captured image contains a person, determining at a first time a characteristic associated with the person in the captured image, comparing the characteristic with a predefined threshold value; and in response to the determined parameter surpassing the predefined threshold value, actuating a change of state of the vehicle. The characteristic may comprise temperature.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- capturing an image of an area in the vicinity of the vehicle;
- analysing the captured image;
- detecting if the captured image contains a person;
- determining at a first time a characteristic associated with the person in the captured image;
- comparing the characteristic with a predefined threshold value;
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- in response to the determined parameter surpassing the predefined threshold value, actuating a change of state of the vehicle.
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The method of any previous claim, wherein the image analysing means comprises one or more machine learning algorithms.
A system for implementing the method of any previous claim, comprising:
- an image capture device configured for capturing an image of an area in the vicinity of a vehicle;
- an image analysing means configured for analysing the captured image, wherein the image analysing means is configured for detecting a person in the captured image, wherein the image analysing means is further configured to determine a characteristic associated with the person;
- memory storing at least a first predefined threshold value;
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- a processor, wherein the processor is configured to compare the determined characteristic with a predefined threshold value, wherein the processor is configured to actuate a change of state of the vehicle in response to the determined characteristic surpassing the predefined threshold value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.