Method for monitoring the interior of a vehicle, monitoring arrangement and vehicle

US11648902B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg

Inventors

• Carsten Topf · Schonungen, DE
• Sergej Gauerhof · Knetzgau, DE
• Wolfgang Uebel · Weitramsdorf, DE
• Benjamin Gruenewald · Haßfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 2020
• Grant date: May 16, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S13/003
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for monitoring the interior of a vehicle including emitting electromagnetic waves of at least one frequency or at least one frequency band towards at least one seat arranged in the interior of the vehicle by means of an electromagnetic radiator, receiving reflected electromagnetic waves by means of a sensor, detecting a living object on the seat from the received reflected electromagnetic waves by means of a detection device, determining a volume of the detected object from the received reflected electromagnetic waves by means of the detection device, determining a weight characteristic of the detected object on the basis of the determined volume of the object by means of the detection device, outputting a detection signal representing the weight characteristic by way of the detection device, and actuating a safety system to make the interior safe in accordance with the detection signal.