Systems and methods for identifying smoking in vehicles
US11881093B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B17/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A vehicle system includes: smoke sensors located at different locations within a passenger cabin of a vehicle and configured to measure amounts of cigarette smoke at the locations, respectively, within the passenger cabin of the vehicle; and a smoking module configured to, based on the measured amounts of cigarette smoke, determine that: a smoking event occurred at a first location within the passenger cabin; and the smoking event did not occur at a second location that is different than the first location within the passenger cabin of the vehicle.
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