Systems and methods for vehicle occupant classification using in-cabin sensing
AssigneeVeoneer US, Inc.
InventorShan Cong
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Abstract
Methods and systems for location, identification, and/or classification of vehicle occupants using, at least in part, RADAR or other electromagnetic sensor data from within the vehicle cabin. In some implementations, the method may comprise identifying a vehicle occupant within a vehicle using electromagnetic signals and assigning the vehicle occupant to a location within the vehicle by processing electromagnetic signals. One or more features about the vehicle occupant may be extracted by processing electromagnetic signals and used to classify the occupant and/or alter a function of the vehicle.
Claims20
A method for identification of a vehicle occupant within a vehicle cabin, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying a vehicle occupant within a vehicle using electromagnetic signals;
- assigning the vehicle occupant to a location within the vehicle by processing electromagnetic signals;
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- extracting one or more features about the vehicle occupant by processing electromagnetic signals.
A method for classification of an object within a vehicle using RADAR signal processing, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying an object within a vehicle using RADAR signals;
- assigning the object to a location within the vehicle by processing RADAR signals;
- extracting one or more features about the object by processing RADAR signals;
- identifying a scene change within the vehicle;
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- in response to identifying the scene change, changing at least one processing parameter of the vehicle.
A system for classification of a vehicle occupant using electromagnetic signal processing, comprising:
- an electromagnetic sensor positioned within a cabin of a vehicle;
- a location detection module configured to process reflected electromagnetic signals to estimate a location of a vehicle occupant within the cabin of the vehicle;
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- a feature extraction module configured to extract one or more features about the vehicle occupant by processing reflected electromagnetic signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.