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US 2024/0181986 A1Published application
Seat belt buckle up detection
OwnerSandra Blueinventor
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Abstract
A seat belt detection device includes a first sensor that is configured to detect whether a seat housed in a vehicle is occupied. A second sensor is configured to detect whether a seat belt associated with the seat is latched. An indicator is visible externally from the vehicle. A controller is communicatively coupled to the first sensor, the second sensor, and the indicator, wherein the controller includes circuitry configured to activate the indicator when an occupied seat has an unlatched seat belt.
Claims21
A seat belt detection device comprising:
- a sensor that detects a latched status of a seat belt of an occupied seat;
- a reflector arranged approximate to a rear of a vehicle;
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- a light built in the reflector, the light is configured to flash when the sensor outputs detection of an unlatched seat belt is associated with an occupied seat.
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A seat belt detection device, comprising:
- a first sensor configured to detect whether a seat housed in a vehicle is occupied;
- a second sensor configured to detect whether a seat belt associated with the seat is latched;
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- an indicator that is visible externally from the vehicle;
- a controller communicatively coupled to the first sensor, the second sensor, and the indicator, wherein the controller includes circuitry configured to activate the indicator when an occupied seat has an unlatched seat belt.
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A method of detecting seat belt wearing, comprising:
- detecting, by a sensor, a latched status of a seat belt of an occupied seat;
- arranging a reflector with a light on an external area of a vehicle;
- and
- configuring the light to flash when the sensor detects the seat belt is unlatched in an occupied seat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.