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Method for detecting a living being on a seat of a vehicle, detection arrangement and vehicle

US11709242B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 19, 2020
Grant date	Jul 25, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 17, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01V8/12
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for detecting a living being on a seat of a vehicle, further relating to a detection arrangement and to a vehicle. The method may include emitting electromagnetic waves at predetermined frequency or at a predetermined frequency band towards the seat by an electromagnetic radiator, receiving electromagnetic waves reflected on a surface by a sensor, detecting an object on the seat from a transit time of the emitted and the reflected electromagnetic waves between the radiator, the surface and the sensor by a detection device, detecting movements of the object from the reflected electromagnetic waves by the detection device if an object has been detected, determining from the detected movements of the object whether the detected object is a living being, and outputting a detection signal by way of the detection device if it has been determined that the detected object is a living being.

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