Apparatus and Method for Controlling a Child Lock of a Motor Vehicle

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling a child lock of a vehicle includes at least one camera of the vehicle and a control unit. The at least one camera is configured to capture at least one image having a depiction of an area of an interior of the vehicle and to generate image data corresponding to the at least one image. The control unit processes the image data to determine based on the image data whether an occupant actuates a central locking system of the vehicle, in order to ascertain based on the image data whether the occupant of the vehicle is a vulnerable person or a non-vulnerable person. The control unit executes a child lock function if it has ascertained that the occupant who actuates the central locking system is a vulnerable person.

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