Telematics system
US6735506B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 11, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10K2210/3219
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Vehicular telematics system including an occupant sensing system for determining a property or characteristic of occupancy of the vehicle constituting information about the occupancy of the vehicle and a communications device coupled to the occupant sensing system for transmitting the information. The occupant sensing system may include sensors, for example, an image-obtaining sensor for obtaining images of the passenger compartment of the vehicle, a motion sensor, receivers arranged to receive waves, energy or radiation from seating locations in the passenger compartment, heartbeat sensors, weight sensors associated with seats in the vehicle and/or chemical sensors. Vehicle sensors may be provided, each sensing a state of the vehicle or a state of a component of the vehicle. The communications device is coupled, wired or wirelessly, directly or indirectly, to each vehicle sensor and transmits the state of the vehicle or the state of the component of the vehicle.
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