Vehicle occupant detection system and vehicle occupant detection method

Abstract

A vehicle occupant detection system includes: an identification unit that identifies whether or not an object in a vehicle is a person; a first detection unit that detects a velocity at which a person identified by the identification unit moves; a second detection unit that detects a situation regarding seating of the person identified by the identification unit; an output unit that outputs the situation regarding seating of the person, detected by the second detection unit; and a control unit that permits or prohibits output of the situation regarding seating of the person by the output unit on the basis of the velocity at which the person moves, detected by the first detection unit.

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