# US 2023/0264674 A1 · Passenger compartment mapping and control > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0264674 A1 - Document ID: US20230264674A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/110,712 - Filed: 2023-02-16 - Published: 2023-08-24 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-24 - Assignees: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America - Applicants: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America - Inventors: NICHOLAS BRIAN HANSEN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230264674A1 ## CPC - B60W 10/30: including control of auxiliary equipment, e.g. air-conditioning compressors or oil pumps - G06V 20/59: inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions - B60W 2050/0043: {Signal treatments, identification of variables or parameters, parameter estimation or state estimation} - B60W 2050/0082: {for initialising the control system} - B60W 2400/00: Indexing codes relating to detected, measured or calculated conditions or factors - B60W 2420/403: Image sensing, e.g. optical camera - B60W 2540/223: Posture, e.g. hand, foot, or seat position, turned or inclined - B60W 2540/227: Position in the vehicle - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract Examples of the disclosure relate to example devices and methods for generating a map of a vehicle’s passenger compartment and controlling features of the vehicle based on the map. An example vehicle with a passenger compartment mapping system includes one or more sensors to capture sensor data, which includes depth data for a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The system also includes one or more processors to generate a passenger compartment map from the sensor data, and control one or more subsystems of the vehicle based on the passenger compartment map. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle with a passenger compartment mapping system, comprising: one or more sensors to capture sensor data comprising depth data for a passenger compartment of the vehicle; and one or more processors to: generate a passenger compartment map from the sensor data; and control one or more subsystems of the vehicle based on the passenger compartment map. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are to execute a machine learning algorithm to detect objects within sensor data and add the detected objects to the passenger compartment map. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein to generate the passenger compartment map comprises to detect passenger positions and orientations from the sensor data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein to control one or more subsystems of the vehicle comprises to disable an airbag based on a passenger position and orientation indicated by the passenger compartment map. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein to control one or more subsystems of the vehicle comprises to disable door locks or rear windows based on an estimate age of a passenger indicated by the passenger compartment map. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein to control one or more subsystems of the vehicle comprises to adjust audio based on a position of a passenger’s head indicated by the passenger compartment map. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein to control one or more subsystems of the vehicle comprises to adjust a climate control air vent based on positions and orientations of passengers indicated by the passenger compartment map. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein: to generate the passenger compartment map comprises to detect a hand gesture from the sensor data; and to control one or more subsystems of the vehicle comprises to control a rear-seat entertainment subsystem based on the detected hand gesture. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors comprise at least one forward-facing sensor configured to capture images of a rear seating area. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein to control one or more subsystems of the vehicle comprises to generate an alert indicating a presence of a child in a rear-facing child seat as indicated by the passenger compartment map. ### Claim 11 A method of operating a vehicle, comprising: capturing sensor data from one or more sensors disposed in a vehicle, wherein the sensor data comprises depth data for a passenger compartment of the vehicle; generating a passenger compartment map from the sensor data, wherein the passenger compartment map comprises the depth data, and detected passenger positions and orientations; and controlling one or more subsystems of the vehicle based on the passenger compartment map. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein controlling one or more subsystems of the vehicle comprises disabling an airbag based on detecting that a passenger position or orientation indicated by the passenger compartment map could result in unsafe deployment of the airbag. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein generating the passenger compartment map comprises detecting a hand gesture from the sensor data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, controlling the one or more subsystems of the vehicle comprises controlling a rear-seat entertainment subsystem based on the passenger compartment map. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more sensors comprise at least one forward-facing sensor configured to capture images of a rear seating area, and controlling one or more subsystems of the vehicle comprises generating an alert indicating a presence of a child in a rear-facing child seat as indicated by a portion of the passenger compartment map captured by the forward-facing sensor. ### Claim 16 A system for mapping a passenger compartment mapping of a vehicle, comprising: one or more sensors to capture sensor data comprising depth data for a passenger compartment of the vehicle; and one or more processors to: generate a passenger compartment map from the sensor data; and control one or more subsystems of the vehicle based on the passenger compartment map. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors are to execute a pattern recognition algorithm to detect passengers within sensor data and add a position and orientation of each of the passengers to the passenger compartment map. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more sensors comprise at least one sensor for each row of seating, at least one forward-facing sensor, and at least one rear-facing sensor. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein to control one or more subsystems of the vehicle comprises to disable an airbag based on a passenger position and orientation indicated by the passenger compartment map. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein to control one or more subsystems of the vehicle comprises to generate an alert indicating a presence of a child in a rear-facing child seat as indicated by the passenger compartment map.